Satchet water hawkers are now enjoying a boom in Kano due to the scorching heat now being experienced in the area.

A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano in the past one week revealed that most vendors of the water recorded high sales with an increase by as much as 300 per cent, when compared to the past weeks.

A water vendor, Aliyu Usman, said he made as much as N2,500 every day since the turn of the season.

“I am very happy with the sales because I get four times the sales I used to get in the past,” Usman said.

Twenty five-year old Aminu Nura said he had to go for replenishment every hour because his stock got exhausted rather quickly.

Nura said that he made an average of N2,000 daily on sales of the product. “The venture is now very profitable and this has helped me in paying my school fees for this term.”

He said that his younger brother usually joined him in the business after school hours.

Malam Isa Ahmed, a teacher, said the severe weather condition and the attendant high level of dehydration had increased the demand for sachet water in the area.

One sachet sells for N5 while a bag containing 20 sachets goes for between N50 and N60 in the state. (NAN)