Hello friends, it's nice making my entry for this week's edition of steemit engagement challenge contest by @steemalive.

In this week's contest, we were asked to make a review of local business, shops or local markets. If you missed the Contest post, you can check it out here.

So for my entry into the contest, I am going to be reviewing Barriga Market.

BARRIGA MARKET

Barriga market is a food stuff based local market located at Barriga Lagos Nigeria. It is a popular market and located quite at the center of the city, along the road.

Barriga market is known for majorly food stuffs and house hold equipments. It is also known for it's affordability. Majorly, the food stuffs in Barriga market are usually affordable, though the prices of things in the market these days have skyrocketed, but one can always get anything based on the amount you have at hand.

The below is a view of one of the market lines.

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One can get virtually all edibles in Barriga market, including herbal medicinal drugs. It's a very popular market well known in Lagos Mainland.

Herbal Shop:
The below is a local herbal medicinal shop, they deal on all kinds of herbal drugs and related supplement like honey, nim, tumeric, gorontula, coconut oil, soyabean etc.

Herbal shop in Barriga market

I also bought honey from them. Since I came to know about the shop, I do shop my honey from them. They sell quality and original honey.

The below is the honey I got from them.

My honey from herbal shop

The honey costs 1,000 naira Nigerian currency. Which is approximately 10 steem.

Foodstuffs Shop:
The below are some local food shops in Barriga Market. They are all owned by one person. Though the prices of these food stuffs has gone up more than it use to be, but one can still afford to buy these things in a cheaper rate than other markets. From my picture below you can see some of the things they deal on. We have rice, crawfish, Nigerian processed red Oil, groundnut oil, sachet tomatoes etc.

I also got a couple of stuffs from them, as can be seen from my below picture.

My red Oil, groundnut oil and sachet tomatoes

The red Oil cost 400 hundred naira Nigerian currency, which is approximately 4.21 steem.

The groundnut oil cost 700 naira which is approximately 7.5 steem.

The sachet tomatoes costs 600 naira Nigerian currency, and approximately 6.32 steem.

Provision Shop
The market has a couple of provision shops located in it as well. The Below is one of the provision shops you can see in Barriga market. Funny enough, this shop sells at wholesale rate.

I couldn't take much pictures in the shop because the owner of the shop was so mean.

A provision Shop

I also got a couple of provisions from them, as can be seen from my below picture.

My provision from the local provision shop

The 3 set of provisions costs 2,150 naira, Nigerian currency.
It is approximately 22.63 Steem.

The below are other food stuffs sold in the Barriga market. Just like I said earlier, Barriga market is majorly meant for food stuffs.

Food stuffs in Barriga market

I also said earlier that you can also get some other house utensils from Barriga market. The below is a shop for house/kitchen utensils. They all ranges from pots, plates, bowls, spoons, knives, plastics, cups etc.

House utensils

Mini-Cold Room:
In the Barriga Market, you can also get a Mini-Cold room where frozen foods are sold. From this cold room, we can get frozen fish, chicken, turkey etc.

The below is the shop with the owner inside of it.

Mini-Cold Room

I also bought some frozen ice fish from them, which I used in preparing a small Vegetable Soup.

From the picture below we can see the scale and the fish.
That is half kilo of fish which costs 500 naira Nigerian currency, which is approximately 5.26 Steem.

My frozen fish

Total goods purchased from Barriga Market in Steem rate:

Products	Naira Price (#)	Steem Price
Honey	1,000	10 steem
Red Oil	400	4.21 Steem
Groundnut Oil	700	7.5 Steem
Sachet Tomatoes	600	6.32 Steem
Provisions	2,150	22.63 Steem
Frozen Fish	500	5.26 Steem
Total	5,300	55.92 Steem

My Rating Of The Barriga Market

Rating Factors	Percentage %
Location	90%
Prices of goods	85%
Goods Quality	95%
Distance	98%

My rating above is based on my experience and analysis of the market.
Location:
The location of Barriga Market in Barriga area is very central. Anybody can easily access the market. It is located quite along the major Barriga road.

Prices Of Goods:
Though we a know that the prices of goods are quite high now a over the world, one can still afford the goods, no matter the amount one has. So the prices of goods are quite affordable in Barriga market.

Goods Quality:
Though not everyone in the market sells quality products, yet you can still get good and quality products in Barriga market from most vendors.

Distance:
The Barriga Market is very close to my house. The highest I can spend going to Barriga market will cost me 100 naira Nigerian currency. It's quite close. Whenever I think of buying food stuffs or household items, I think of Barriga Market.

Conclusion

The Barriga Market is a local food stuff market for both rich and poor. For any class anyone belongs to, he can get whatever he wants to buy from Barriga market. It is a market in the heart of the Barriga area.

Barriga market is a good market for any kind of food stuff shopping. And I love shopping my food stuffs from this market.

Thanks guys for visiting my post, I hope you would love to visit Barriga market any time you come around Barriga Lagos.

I also invite @ceedy20, @jovita30 and @gracie20 to participate in this contest.

Best regards