{"id":67684,"date":"2025-06-10T04:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67684"},"modified":"2025-06-10T04:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:14:09","slug":"sallah-without-sales-fct-traders-lament-poor-patronage-amid-soaring-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/10\/sallah-without-sales-fct-traders-lament-poor-patronage-amid-soaring-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Sallah Without Sales: FCT Traders Lament Poor Patronage Amid Soaring Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The festive cheer of Sallah has failed to translate into profit for many business owners in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as traders decry poor patronage despite the holiday rush.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <em><strong>Abuja City Journal<\/strong><\/em> on Monday, several sellers, especially at Wuse Central Market, expressed disappointment over low turnout, blaming it on the harsh economic climate, rising inflation, and shrinking consumer purchasing power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to record bulk purchases during festive periods, but not anymore,\u201d said Mrs. Angela Ekueme, a foodstuff dealer. \u201cNow, people buy just what they can afford for the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Simon Nwauba, another trader, echoed her frustration: \u201cSales are dropping daily. We\u2019re not making profits due to the high cost of products and low demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The traders urged the government to urgently cushion the effects of ongoing economic reforms, warning that continued hardship could further cripple small businesses and dampen future celebrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The festive cheer of Sallah has failed to translate into profit for many business owners in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as traders decry poor patronage despite the holiday rush. Speaking with Abuja City Journal on Monday, several sellers, especially at Wuse Central Market, expressed disappointment over low turnout, blaming it on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":67685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67684","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=67684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67686,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67684\/revisions\/67686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}