Scores of butchers across various markets in Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region say their businesses are affected after the Muslim celebration of Eid-ul-Adha. 

The butchers say they always have to stay home between three to six weeks each year after the Eid festivities.

Eid-ul-Adha, a yearly celebration of sacrifice by Muslims around the world, was celebrated on September 12 this year.

Muslims around the world sacrifice goats, sheep, cows and in some cases camels and share the meat with family and friends. 

Ahmed Abdallah popularly called Obaayaa who has been in business for the past 17 years explained to Joy News' Anass Sabit how the Eid-ul-Adha celebrations have affected his business. 

According to him, due to the cordial relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims, most Muslims share their meat with the non-Muslims friends so they don't have to buy meat for weeks. 

He said most of them stay at home leaving the young apprentices to the job until the business gets better again.

Another butcher at the Techiman central market, Sabit Honourable, also explained that most of his customers are Muslims and some of them slaughter between two to three animals and store the meat in fridges. As a result of this, they do not buy meat from the market for weeks, he said.

This means he is unable to sell even one cow thigh although he sells between three to four before the Eid-ul-Adha and that's a big blow to most butchers they claim.

The situation is worse at the Zongo market which is a predominantly Muslim community. The abattoir was barely empty at the time the Joy News' reporter visited.

Alhassan Yakubu, a butcher at the facility said business after Eid-ul-Adha is always slow for close to two months hence the absence of most butchers at the facility.

He is, however, hopeful that there will be an improvement in the next few weeks.