{
  "id": 16173805,
  "title": "Abuja workers turn to pick-up trucks amid rising transport costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/abuja-workers-turn-to-pick-up-trucks-amid-rising-transport-costs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T07:37:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/abuja-workers-turn-to-pick-up-trucks-amid-rising-transport-costs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rising transport costs and declining purchasing power are forcing workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, to adopt desperate measures to survive, including riding in the open backs of pick-up vans and turning private cars into commercial taxis to supplement their incomes. For workers earning around the N70,000 national minimum wage, the rising cost […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}