{"id":62872,"date":"2025-03-17T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62872"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:25:34","slug":"relief-for-abuja-residents-as-food-prices-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/17\/relief-for-abuja-residents-as-food-prices-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief for Abuja Residents as Food Prices Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Food prices in Abuja and its environs are falling, bringing relief to consumers struggling with high living costs.<\/p>\n<p>A market survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shows a 50kg bag of rice now sells for N81,000\u2013N87,000 in major markets like Garki and Kado, down from over N100,000 in January.<\/p>\n<p>In Nyanya, prices are even lower, ranging from N70,000\u2013N83,000.<\/p>\n<p>Onion prices have plunged dramatically\u2014at Orange Market, a bag now costs N55,000, down from N100,000, while in Garki, it has fallen from N200,000 to N60,000.<\/p>\n<p>Other staples, including garri, palm oil, and beans, have also seen price cuts.<\/p>\n<p>A 25-litre keg of red oil now sells for N50,000 at Nyanya Market, compared to N83,000 previously.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, white beans, once priced at N200,000 per bag, now range between N115,000 and N120,000 at Kado Market.<\/p>\n<p>Traders credit the price drop to improved supply and better logistics, offering consumers some financial relief amid economic challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo Food prices in Abuja and its environs are falling, bringing relief to consumers struggling with high living costs. A market survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shows a 50kg bag of rice now sells for N81,000\u2013N87,000 in major markets like Garki and Kado, down from over N100,000 in January. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62872","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62874,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62872\/revisions\/62874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}