Point of Sale is a business commonly known as ‘POS’ that is now on proliferated stage especially in motor parks, markets, business places, and around the streets of Kano city.
Point of Sale is a terminal hardware system for processing card payments at retail locations.
It’s majorly used after a retail transaction is completed.
It’s clear that youth are the main people who actually operate on these POS centers.
Abdulmalik Idris, a student of Pharmaceutical Technology in the School of Technology, Kano State Polytechnic is a POS business Operator in Hotoro Danmarke. He spent two years in the business. He is always excited about running the business.
According to him, he has been taking care of his studies with the earnings from the POS business in Kano.
“Actually my business helps me to achieve a lot If you’re talking about self-reliance in today’s life, but like any other business we have our own problems.
“What worries us is what our customers experience when dealing with us. That has to do with transaction failure and the likes, which actually is not our fault, but rather the network system we’re working with,” Abdulmalik Idris said.
Abdulmalik Idris added that what he is earning depends on the number of customers who visited his outlet for transactions.
Abdulbari Ado Sani, a businessman at one of Kano’s popular second-hand clothing market, also known as Kofar Wambai market, who sells blouses said, POS business has helped immensely in improving the current marketing system, as it is contributing in simplifying any form of transaction between a buyer and the business people.
“You can believe me that the POS business is helping in making sure cashless policy is implemented, which our people are now into.
“In addition, it’s available in all nook and crannies of the city for easy access, especially in point of sale and other places”, Abdulbari said.
Alhaji Salihu Ali Umar, the Chairman Association of mobile money of Nigeria (AMMON) Kano State Chapter said, the system of POS business did well than bad in the society, considering the number of young individuals that earn their means of livelihood from it.
Chairman AMMON Kano State Chapter Alhaji Salihu Ali Umar furthermore explained that POS business from an economic angle serves as an agent for boosting small and medium enterprises, looking at the nearness to the business places and market places, which banks are nowhere to be found.
“POS operators serve as agents for registering those in need of bank verification numbers, account numbers, and providing customers with their ATM cards by decongesting banks and serving our customers urgently”.
“What we’re hoping is the cooperation of all our members and calling others to register for onward development of the business”, Salihu Ali Umar said.
