{"id":54655,"date":"2024-11-04T11:59:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T11:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=54655"},"modified":"2024-11-04T20:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T20:05:00","slug":"fct-residents-groan-as-food-transport-costs-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/04\/fct-residents-groan-as-food-transport-costs-soar\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja Residents Groan as Food, Transport Costs Soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of the Federal Capital Territory are reeling under the weight of skyrocketing food and transportation costs, with many saying that meeting daily needs has become a struggle.<\/p>\n<p>The sharp increase, driven by rising petrol prices and inflation, has left families, small business owners, and workers in financial distress, urging the government for swift intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Maryam Abusaid, a mother of three, expressed her frustration: &#8220;Last year, I bought a bag of rice for \u20a650,000; now it\u2019s over \u20a6100,000. Feeding my children is a daily worry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ekaite Obot, a civil servant, echoed her concerns, revealing she hasn&#8217;t driven her car in months due to unaffordable fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p>With inflation above 40%, as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics, Abuja residents are calling for immediate government action to prevent further hardship as the cost of living spirals beyond control.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of the Federal Capital Territory are reeling under the weight of skyrocketing food and transportation costs, with many saying that meeting daily needs has become a struggle. The sharp increase, driven by rising petrol prices and inflation, has left families, small business owners, and workers in financial distress, urging the government for swift intervention. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":54658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54655"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54707,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54655\/revisions\/54707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}