BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) – The strike action embarked upon by the cattle and foodstuff dealers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) has been suspended.
The agreement to suspend the strike was reached when the leadership of the trade union met with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State in Abuja.
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode was also at the meeting.
About a week ago, the northern traders had embarked on their strike over the alleged killing of their members in the southern part of the country.
Prices of food commodities like pepper, tomatoes, beef, yam, garri, amongst others, had gone over the roof with many southerners groaning and complaining about the increase.
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The General Secretary, AUFCDN, Ahmed Alaramma, had said the President of the association, Mohammed Tahir, was with the Department of State Services over the blockade.
The northern traders had also called on the Federal Government to pay them billions in compensation while Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere; Activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, and others had retaliated by launchimg a campaign against the.consumption of beef next Friday in protest against the development.
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