Northern food dealers agree to lift ban on food supply to Southern Nigeria

The leadership of Cattle and Foodstuff dealers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) have agreed to end the blockade of food supplies to the south.

They reached the agreement at an ongoing meeting with some governors in Abuja on Wednesday, March 3.

Abdullahi Tom, a youth leader of the cattle dealers in Lagos, told Daily Trust, that Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, is among the leaders who appealed to them to end the industrial action.

The union went on strike over claims of losing their members and properties during the #EndSARS protest and Shasa market chaos. Read here.