{"id":1386,"date":"2026-07-14T14:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:45:57","slug":"business-activities-boom-as-delsu-students-return-to-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1386","title":{"rendered":"Business Activities Boom As DELSU Students Return To Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Ojefia Johannah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Business activities in Abraka have continued to experience steady growth as traders and small business owners record increased patronage, largely driven by the growing population of students at Delta State University (DELSU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From food vendors and fashion stores to barbershops, phone accessory dealers, and transport operators, many businesses across the university community are benefiting from the daily demand for goods and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A visit to the popular business areas around Campus II Gate, Abraka Main Market, and the railway axis showed traders attending to customers from early morning until evening. Students were seen purchasing groceries, household items, clothing, and food as preparations for the new academic session gathered momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mrs. Rose Akpobome, a trader who sells foodstuffs near Campus II Gate, said business has improved compared to the period when students were away from school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ojefia Johannah Business activities in Abraka have continued to experience steady growth as traders and small business owners record increased patronage, largely driven by the growing population of students at Delta State University (DELSU). From food vendors and fashion stores to barbershops, phone accessory dealers, and transport operators, many businesses across the university community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":15,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trendingnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1389,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386\/revisions\/1389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}