CATTLE AND FOODSTUFF DEALERS AGREE TO RESUME THE MOVEMENT OF FOOD SUPPLIES FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH

The leadership of Cattle and Foodstuff Dealers under the aegis  of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers  of  Nigeria has agreed to resume the movement of food supplies  from the North to the South.

Reports say the agreement was reached after a meeting between the leadership of the trade Union and Governor Yahaya Bello in Abuja.

     An official of  the  Union, Awwalu Aliyu who spoke to newsmen in Kano said  the  decision not to supply  food to the  South was  not to starve Southerners  but to protest  attacks  on their  numbers.

Aliyu alleged that some members in the South were killed, maimed and lost property, especially during the ENDSARS protests and the recent Shasha Market crisis in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital.

It would be recalled that northern traders had about a week ago embarked on a strike over alleged killing of Fulani Hardsmen in the Southern part of the Country.