Amidst rising food prices, Abuja residents turn to village markets

There are several present day markets in the Federal Capital City but elite women of all ages in the nation’s capital have decided on village marketplaces as the new place for the obtain of foodstuff.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that some of these gals are viewed in their figures in village marketplaces like Kabusa Market place, to order all their food requirements.

Charity Adeola, a resident of Gaduwa Estate, in her opinion, reported, “I prefer village marketplaces for the reason that most of the foodstuffs are low-priced and reasonably priced.

“I make it a place of responsibility to arrive in this article (Kabusa), to do my foodstuff searching.”

Phina Mefor, a civil servant, who life in Wuse, also stated that she patronises village markets mainly because she will get new food stuff items there.

In accordance to her, apart from the point that matters are low-cost, most of the products are quite fresh new and are brought straight from the farm.

Ms Mefor also reported that the greater part of the traders arrived from encompassing states with their farm deliver, which tends to make buying in Kabusa market a one-quit browsing arena.

Victoria John, who sells yams in the market, explained the patronage of the elite ladies experienced helped the traders.

She explained inhabitants of the village could not acquire the quantity of foodstuff the elites acquire and this experienced improved their earnings and inspired them to carry extra farm deliver to the current market.

Kande Favu, who sells grains in Abaji marketplace claimed the patronage of the elite girls experienced also inspired them to help save income in banks.

“These females never carry funds, they often want to do transfer and they obtain a whole lot of points, this created a lot of us to open up accounts.”

NAN reviews that most of the traders are from distant villages inside and outside the Federal Money Territory, and they normally arrive a day right before the marketplace days, they also go to most of the village marketplaces on unique marketplace times to offer their develop.

Some of the preferred and most patronised village marketplaces in the FCT are, Karimo, Bwari, Gosa, Kabusa, Abaji and Kwali.

These markets function on diverse times, Abaji and Kwali are opened every 4 times as the conventional current market times. The other folks function on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Kabusa opens on Saturdays, Gosa on Fridays, Karimo on Tuesdays and Fridays.

NAN also reports that there are numerous village markets still undiscovered by these elite gals.

(NAN)