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LAST week, the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria embarked on a strike action that led to a blockade of foodstuffs from the north to the south.
Though the Department of State Security, DSS, summoned the President of the association for questioning, the decision to prevent food from coming to the south drew the ire of many southerners.
DSS invites President, Foodstuff, Cattle Dealers Union for Questioning
At a press conference held at the Labour House, General Secretary of the Union, Ahmed Alaramma, kicked against alleged suppression of their members and task force put in place to enforce the strike action on the major roads.
Mar 4, 2021
From left, Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello; national president, Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle
Breeders of Nigeria, Mohammed Tahir and a former minister of aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, at the meeting
between the Kogi State governor and the leadership of Amalgamated Union, in Abuja, on Wednesday.
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After six days, the Amalgamated Union of Food and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AFUCDN) and Northern Consensus Movement (NCM) have agreed to call off the food embargo it imposed on the South over alleged attacks on their members.
Leadership of the unions took the decision following an extensive dialogue and deliberation with the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, at the state Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, on Wednesday.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State said President Buhari stressed this on Thursday when his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, led him to brief the president on the suspension of the strike by the Amalgamated Union of Food and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AFUCDN), which had ceased the supply of foodstuffs and cattle to the southern part of Nigeria.