Stuck In Debt: Under Pressure By Rising Prices, Small Businesses Struggle To Stay Afloat

Mrs. Patricia Nwama started her small business, Devine Grace Provision Stores, around 2012 which she built from scratch, but the entrepreneur is highly indebted to her suppliers who are demanding their money.

Patricia who is in her 50s has seven children including dependents and was able to train five of them in the university from the proceeds of her once booming provision store in Gwarinpa, Abuja.