{"id":61099,"date":"2025-02-12T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=61099"},"modified":"2025-02-12T09:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:56:10","slug":"abuja-light-rail-favors-the-elite-residents-lament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/12\/abuja-light-rail-favors-the-elite-residents-lament\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja Light Rail Favors the Elite, Residents Lament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emmanuel Ogbodo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residents of the Federal Capital Territory argue that the Abuja Light Rail primarily serves the wealthy while neglecting ordinary commuters.<\/p>\n<p>They urge the FCT Administration to learn from Lagos\u2019 rail system.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned on May 29, 2024, with a six-month free ride, the rail currently runs only from the airport to the Central Business District, bypassing satellite towns where most workers reside.<\/p>\n<p>Critics, including public affairs analyst Toyin Ajayi, question its design, stating it benefits only the affluent.<\/p>\n<p>Civil servant Tajudeen Jimoh called for better planning, citing Lagos\u2019 efficient rail and bus services.<\/p>\n<p>The FCT Administration acknowledges the need for expansion but cites financial constraints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ogbodo Residents of the Federal Capital Territory argue that the Abuja Light Rail primarily serves the wealthy while neglecting ordinary commuters. They urge the FCT Administration to learn from Lagos\u2019 rail system. Commissioned on May 29, 2024, with a six-month free ride, the rail currently runs only from the airport to the Central [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":61100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-61099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61099","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61101,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61099\/revisions\/61101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}