{"id":558,"date":"2026-05-26T03:32:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianewscast.com\/2026\/05\/26\/cost-of-living-crisis-reshapes-eid-spending-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T03:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:32:53","slug":"cost-of-living-crisis-reshapes-eid-spending-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"Cost of living crisis reshapes Eid spending in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__update-reading-list-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"user-accounts-modal__container hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"user-accounts-modal__container hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"user-accounts-modal__container hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click here to share on social media<\/div>\n<p><title>share-nodes<\/title><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<div class=\"rich-share__links rich-share__links--row\" data-testid=\"share-links\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__social rich-share__social--row\"><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fihhzxu\"><title>facebook<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Cost%20of%20living%20crisis%20reshapes%20Eid%20spending%20in%20Nigeria&amp;source=sharethiscom&amp;related=sharethis&amp;via=AJEnglish&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fihhzxu\"><title>x<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row u-hidden--desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Whatsapp\" href=\"\/\/send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fihhzxu\"><title>whatsapp-stroke<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row copylink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Copy link\" href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/ihhzxu\"><span class=\"copylink__tooltip copylink__tooltip-hidden\"><\/span><title>copylink<\/title><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"article-featured-image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Men-at-the-flock-of-ram-at-the-Kubwa-Sallah-market-by-Federal-Housing-junction-beside-Zenith-House-along-Dutse-Road-Abuja-1779725375.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Men at the flock of ram at the Kubwa Sallah market by Federal Housing junction beside Zenith House along Dutse Road, Abuja\"><\/div><figcaption>Men gaze at a flock of sheep at the Kubwa Sallah market by the Federal Housing junction along the Dutse Road, in Abuja, Nigeria [Hussain Wahab\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p><strong>Abuja, Nigeria<\/strong> \u2013 Seated on a plastic chair inside his modest madrassa in Abuja, Yunus Akanji listened as children recited verses from the holy Quran in soft, rhythmic tones. Some sat on mats, others on long wooden benches.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic teacher occasionally corrected a pronunciation or repeated a line, but his attention drifted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"831\">For years, Akanji, who teaches at the Nurul Bayan Islamic School, travelled with his wife and children to Saki in Oyo State to reunite with his extended family for Eid al-Adha, often called Sallah in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"831\">When he did not make the trip, he would buy a ram for Eid and host a modest celebration with his family and students.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"867\">This year, neither is happening.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4600495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4600495\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4600495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mr-Akanji-an-Islamic-tutor-at-Nurul-Bayan-in-the-midst-of-his-students-1779725380.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Mr Akanji, an Islamic tutor at Nurul Bayan, in the midst of his students\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4600495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yunus Akanji, an Islamic tutor at Nurul Bayan Islamic School, guides his students during recitation of the Quran [Hussain Wahab\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have concluded that we will just celebrate with whatever we have,\u201d he told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Muslim festival, marked by communal prayers and the ritual sacrifice of animals, is approaching amid deep economic strain in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In Abuja, rising food and transport costs are quietly changing how many families are preparing for Eid.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"no-travel-home\">No travel home<\/h2>\n<p>Akanji said even parents and community members who usually support his madrassa are struggling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of them have not even paid,\u201d he said, referring to tuition fees that help keep the school and his household running.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure is not confined to the classroom. It shows up in bus stations, in markets, and in the small calculations people make before deciding whether to travel or stay.<\/p>\n<p>Nafisa Ibrahim from Ogun, currently in Abuja doing a mandatory one-year programme for graduates under the National Youth Service Corps, said she has dropped her plan to go home for Eid. Transport costs alone made it impossible.<\/p>\n<p>There is also no guarantee her family will even be able to slaughter an animal this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransportation is about 35,000 naira [about $26], compared to the 15,000 naira [about $11] I paid when I came to Abuja in February,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Opeyemi Ibrahim, a fashion designer based in Byazhin district, said customer patronage has dropped sharply despite the approaching festivities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4600499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4600499\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4600499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Opeyemi-in-his-shop-working-1779725392.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Opeyemi in his shop working\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4600499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opeyemi Ibrahim at his fashion shop in Byazhin, where he says business has slowed [Hussain Wahab\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"960\">He said rising fuel costs and erratic electricity supply have pushed up his operating expenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there is no electricity, we have to run the generator,\u201d he said. \u201cFilling it costs about 10,000 naira [$7].<\/p>\n<p>But without it, the shop becomes too hot, and we still need power to iron customers\u2019 clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inside-kubwa-livestock-market\">Inside Kubwa livestock market<\/h2>\n<p>At a livestock market in Kubwa, visited by Al Jazeera ahead of Eid, the strain is obvious before anyone even speaks. Men stand beside rams tied to wooden posts. Buyers move from one animal to another, ask a few questions, then drift away.<\/p>\n<p>Malam Ibrahim, a livestock seller who has been in the trade for years, sat near the feed, watching most of his customers leave empty-handed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople come, ask for prices, and walk away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4600491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4600491\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4600491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mallam-Ibrahim-a-livestockseller-exhausted-the-kubwa-market-lieng-on-the-animals-feeds-due-to-lack-of-customers-1779725370.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Mallam Ibrahim, a livestockseller exhausted the kubwa market lieng on the animals&apos; feeds due to lack of customers\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4600491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malam Ibrahim, a livestock seller at Kubwa market, rests during a slow sales day [Hussain Wahab\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He pointed to a ram nearby, with black-and-white markings on its body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ram is selling for 600,000 naira [about $438],\u201d he said. \u201cLast year, the same size was below 350,000 naira\u00a0 [$255].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Getting animals down from northern Nigeria, Sokoto, Kaduna and beyond, has become more expensive. Fuel prices, transport fares, everything feeds into the final cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the sellers are suffering,\u201d Ibrahim said. If sales stay slow, he worries the animals will remain unsold after Eid, when their value drops further. \u201cWe do not pray to take them back home, but with the looks of things, I fear so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"eid-cutbacks\">Eid cutbacks<\/h2>\n<p>One woman who had come to buy two rams left with only one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4600489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4600489\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4600489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Buhari-Yishau-a-fruit-seller-at-Kubwa-village-market-1779725363.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Buhari Yishau, a fruit seller at Kubwa village market\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4600489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buhari Yishau, a fruit seller, works at Kubwa village market, where sales have slowed ahead of Eid [Hussain Wahab\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inflation has been steady in Nigeria for years now, but what people feel most is the gap between rising prices and stagnant incomes. The naira may look more stable against the United States dollar than last year, traders say, but moving goods across the country still costs more every month.<\/p>\n<p>At Kubwa village market, buyers kept moving, but few stopped to buy.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors selling tomatoes, onions, rice and cooking oil said sales were slower than usual, with many families cutting back even on basic festive food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used to celebrate Eid with joy,\u201d one trader said quietly. \u201cNow we just calculate what we can afford.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink Men gaze at a flock of sheep at the Kubwa Sallah market by the Federal Housing junction along the Dutse Road, in Abuja, Nigeria [Hussain Wahab\/Al Jazeera] Abuja, Nigeria \u2013 Seated on a plastic chair inside his modest madrassa in Abuja, Yunus Akanji listened as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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