ICYMI: Food Dealers Make U-turn On Blockade Of Foodstuff To Southern Nigeria (See Why)

Food Dealers Have Make U-turn On Blockade Of Foodstuff To Southern Nigeria.

News Rain Nigeria reports that the leadership of cattle and foodstuff dealers has decided to lift the blockade placed on the supply of food to the southern parts of Nigeria.

The food blockade by the food dealers led to an increase in the price of foodstuff.

Food Dealers Make U-turn On Blockade Of Foodstuff To Southern Nigeria (See Why)

According to Daily Trust, the group under the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) arrived at the decision after a meeting with some governors in Abuja on Wednesday, March 3.

The group said they decided to end the industrial action following the appeals made by the governors to them. Abdullahi Tom, a youth leader of the cattle dealers in Lagos, told the publication that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state was among the leaders who attended the meeting.

Recall that some southern state governments and farmers reacted to the decision of northern cattle and foodstuff dealers to stop their supplies to southern states.

Six southern states affected include; Lagos, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Enugu, and Ondo, dismissed the blockade, saying it is an opportunity for the south to boost its food and animal production capacity, The Punch reported.

Akin Olotu, the senior special assistant to the Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on agriculture and agric business, described the blockade as a good development.

He said it was an eye-opener to utilize opportunities the south had in agriculture.