Tag: food blockade
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Food blockade from North to South will not lead to crisis – LASG
The Lagos State Government has told Lagosians that food blockade from North to South will not lead to food crisis in the State. “There is no need for anxiety,” Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, assured Lagosians. “Food security is guaranteed, despite the crisis,” he added. Speaking as guest on “Daily Digest with…
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Food blockade is extreme, we’re not at war, ACF cautions northern traders
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged the leadership of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers to stop the blockade of foodstuffs from the North to the South. In a statement issued in Kaduna, the group’s chairman, Audu Ogbe, said the action of the AUFCDN will only complicate the socio-economic and political problems…
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DSS summons cattle dealers over food blockade on Southern Nigeria
The President of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria, Comrade Muhamad Tahir, has been summoned by the Department of State Security (DSS), and presently being questioned at the headquarters, Abuja over the ongoing strike by the Union. The General Secretary of the Union, Ahmed Alaramma, disclosed this at a press conference, held…