{"id":77209,"date":"2025-10-23T09:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77209"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:57:42","slug":"hausa-youths-in-abuja-turn-plastic-waste-into-livelihood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/23\/hausa-youths-in-abuja-turn-plastic-waste-into-livelihood\/","title":{"rendered":"Hausa Youths in Abuja Turn Plastic Waste Into Livelihood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>cross the Federal Capital Territory, many young Hausa men have turned plastic waste collection into a means of survival.<\/p>\n<p>From dawn to dusk, they roam streets and dumpsites with large sacks, gathering bottles, sachet water bags, and takeaway packs to sell to recycling agents.<\/p>\n<p>Musa Ibrahim, a collector in Garki, said the job may be tough but sustains him. \u201cWe sell a kilo for \u20a6150 to \u20a6200. It\u2019s not easy, but it puts food on the table,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Another collector, Usman Abdullahi, noted that many come from Kano, Katsina, and Kaduna, earning between \u20a63,000 and \u20a65,000 daily. \u201cIt\u2019s hard work, but better than stealing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Their efforts, though informal, contribute to waste management by reducing litter and plastic pollution in the city.<\/p>\n<p>However, lack of regulation, safety gear, and fluctuating prices remain major challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the odds, these youths continue to turn Abuja\u2019s waste into a source of hope and livelihood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David &nbsp; cross the Federal Capital Territory, many young Hausa men have turned plastic waste collection into a means of survival. From dawn to dusk, they roam streets and dumpsites with large sacks, gathering bottles, sachet water bags, and takeaway packs to sell to recycling agents. Musa Ibrahim, a collector in Garki, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":77211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77209","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77212,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77209\/revisions\/77212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}