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Stakeholders in the onion subsector have said they decided to suspend onion supply to some parts of the country because of the series of attacks their members suffered in the past few weeks. In an exclusive interview with Daily Trust on Sunday in Abuja, the president of the National Onions Producers, Processors and Marketers Association […]
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embark on a nationwide strike over alleged illegal roadblocks and multiple taxations on its members.
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The union, in March, halted the movement of food supply to the south-west over similar allegations, including extortion of and attacks on members.
The action was suspended after the intervention of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi.
Addressing journalists at the end of an emergency meeting on Tuesday, Muhammed Tahir, national president of the union, said after reviewing the issues, the union resolved to support onion traders who had commenced cutting supply to the southern part of the country owing to the same issues.
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The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers in Nigeria (AUFCDN) has threatened to resume its strike and cut off food supply nationwide to protest the failure of the Federal Government to pay the N4.75 billion compensation agreed with them.
The union went on strike in February this year to demand payment of N475 billion compensation for the lives of members and properties lost during the #EndSARS protest and Shasa market chaos. They also demanded that all roadblocks on federal highways be removed as they are being used to subject their members’ serious hardship.
The strike was later to be called off after Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, mediated.