As Cattle breeders threaten withdrawal of service, demand N475b compensation

Acute shortage of beef, vegetables, tomatoes and onions, among other essential edibles from the North may soon hit Southern Nigeria, as foodstuff and cattle breeders have threatened to withdraw their services.

National President of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN), Muhammad Tahir, who disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, explained that the association had lost property and several members and were, therefore, demanding N475b as compensation from the Federal Government.

He hinted that unless the Federal Government addressed its grievances on or before Wednesday, February 24, 2021, it would have no other choice than to withdraw its services.

The association, an affiliate of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said several letters written to President Muhammadu Buhari, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and governors of the 36 states had not been acknowledged.

He, however, pointed out that the National Assembly had addressed their grievances by referring the issue to its Ethics and Privileges Committee, adding that the two weeks given to the committee to consider the matter was too long for the breeders.

The association also expressed concern over “incessant attacks” on its members and their property across the country including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

It revealed that despite its several complaints and engagements with the presidency, security agencies, and other relevant ministries that regulate its operations as contained in its three weeks ultimatum issued on November 7, 2020, its members have continued to suffer intimidation, frustration, humiliation, destruction of their property and carnage.

“During the #EndSars protests, our members were killed and their property destroyed. We demanded compensations for lives and property our members lost.

“We have also written to various security agencies on multiple taxation hampering activities of our members through illegal roadblocks at unavoidable and strategic locations on federal highways and demand tax worth N450,000 before reaching our destinations.

“It is sad that some of the federal highways are not accessible to our members, as a result of multiple taxation, armed robbery attacks and kidnapping of our members until ransom are paid,” he lamented.

Tahir noted that the recent violence in Shasha, Ibadan, Oyo State, claimed the lives and property of its members.

It urged the Federal Government to revisit its demands at various times to address the issues, which include, but not limited to compensation for lives and property.

Its other demands are: “To protect the rights of our members on transit and at their business places and dismantling of roadblocks on highways by hoodlums in disregard for laws of the country, especially from Adamawa, Taraba, Benue to Port Harcourt.

“We seek an agreement between state governments and the union to the effect that henceforth, if any violence erupt in any state and our members are attacked, we will immediately withdraw our services.”

https://m.guardian.ng/news/cattle-breeders-threaten-withdrawal-of-service-demand-n475b-compensation/

If we can still get food from Benue state, then we are good to go..... We have saltwater fish down here in the south.. To hell with their beef...

A welcome development.

After chasing the farmers from their farms and destroying everything, they want to blackmail us

My take on this; let us boycott their meat, safeguard our farms, learn about ranching and set up decent ranches, let the governors and reps and senators empower our farmers with AK-47 for self protection instead of goats! We honestly don't need the Northerners in the South!

As long as our people have peace & are safe! To hell with their cows & tomatoes.

htdot:
If we can still get food from Benue state, then we are good to go..... We have saltwater fish down here in the south.. To hell with their beef...

EXACTLY

There was a time, about 3-4years or so ago, when tomatoes were not only very expensive,but even so scarce;it was that year I knew tomatoes were also grown in the Southwest with their own breed.
Though not as tasty as that from the North,but many people had to make do with that breed of Swestern tomatoes.
When push comes to shove,there would always be an alternative because the entire South and the middle Belt are thick in the rainforest zones,and this is always the best kind of climate for food crops and even animals.
It's just that the ready availability of these foodstuffs from the North has not made people in other zones to explore the vast potentials of their lands.

PrinceDz1:
My brother the Nigerians especially our Ibo brothers I know never lack alternative in difficult times.

Please let them go with theses commodities if that will make them Stop abusing our women and farmers

Who cares about their poisoned foodstuffs.

Hunger will soon kill them.

Scam they're looking for excuses shey na the south pursue dem for farm abi na we go dey kidnap dem for farm...


make dem open the border fully for us if we no go sort ourselves out..

imagine importating rice from cotonou dey cheaper pass the rice produced in our country even when there's no crisis...

Jokers. In my area, you don't buy, sell nor rear cattle.
Selling or buying of beef in our market is prohibited. No cow is allowed in our area, so this their useless beef scarcity is not for us.
Any cow in our bush is a bush meat and game for boys.

They can go to hell with their beef. Necessity is the mother of invention. There are other protein sources like Chicken and Fish which we have in abundance in the south. Southerners are also starting to rear cattle in ranches.

If they go ahead with their dumb threat, then they are about to witness just how resourceful southerners can be. We will survive and even prosper without their beef and whatever else they're trying to use to blackmail us, and heaven will not fall. Rubbish.

You guys are the ones that will lose.... there are other countries to import from, na only Una dey this world?


Sadly watch as this Fulani government actually compensate them. Just watch!

I will feel a sigh of relief if they can make this a reality. Can north consume their beef?

Please, let them go with their wahala jor.

I really wish this people can follow their threat with action.

Put in another way; the North can now place the south on sanctions and embargoes whenever it feels so? And once the sanctions are on, we can starve to death since we are not allowed to import from other parts of the world even though we have the money to do so? Is this not worse than slavery?

Southern Nigeria it's time to wake up

Thanks to North

darkwan:


haha....chest beatin again....few months of blockade and you starved to death....

You are free not to sell your goods but where the government is helping oppression is by insisting that Nigerians can't import farm products from foreign countries! If you don't want to sell, your kettle of fish! But I should be free to make my purchases elsewhere. .. Northern Nigeria is not the one feeding the people of Egypt, Cameroon, south africa, China or mongolia. Those people get their excess food supplies from somewhere and they pay for it. Don't take yourself too serious! You are selling something you are being PAID for, more than the value. If you don't want to sell , fine! But government should open the borders so we can import better qualities at cheaper rates from serious business people elsewhere... You are not donating food to anyone.. Always remember that..

So they have been given us for free before now? They should keep all with them I beg.

It's a 50-50 thing. We don't buy, they don't sell. We keep our money for alternatives, and they look for another alternative to get money. Ceteris paribus

No be only 475b compensation, make dem kukuma give them the whole national budget.

Nonsense.


Abeg, keep your beef and veggies to yourself in the North.

You think the poor northerner farm will sit and watch his farm produce rot, story... Nah unah go still go find buyers.

Officialgarri:

So the North they hate so much actually feeds them.

At the same time, this is a threat that will never hold. The North also needs the south to buy their goods.

threat made by illitrates. North should be grateful to the south for buying its produce as uptakers. Northern threats has help southerners to engage in both crop and animal production. In no distance time it will bethe other way round. The day south will stop food from north, north will cry.

lol
the citizenry should understand that we are at WAR already!
you all would start seeing such false news / technical scarcity within this period
In the game of war, it is called propaganda.
a tool to put fear in your mind subliminally
the idea is to always foster the southern imaginary dependence on Northern Nigeria for food.
truth is, the north doesn't even have the capacity to provide adequate supply of food for the south.
forget all those stories of herds of cows and expanse farm land, there is land for farming everywhere in the south.
the southern Nigeria is yet to understand the gift of RAIN FOREST
You can never use food as a weapon to threaten any geographical location that has rain forest
by the way, how many time in a week do the guys down south actually eat vegetables from the North ?


BTW this thread and news is about vegetables, onions and tomatoes...
nevertheless, did you notice how the image of cows were added to it?
you guess is right, the propaganda is just not only in you face. it is also a subliminal way of inoculating into your mind those behind the news, who they are, their agenda, and the constant reminder to the south that they control the government

ARISE O Compatriot !!!

Good.

We have placed an embargo on sending meats and food to the south.

Since you guys know how to farm and rear cows in a week, you can start now.

FreshFish full everywhere to use replace beef, we have bush meat, rabbit, etc. Tin Tomatoes and onions dey market

Lies

Una fit chop am alone... No be buy we dey buy am... abi na free

Can they just make good this threat and see who will get tired? These people are always using reverse psychology on everyone.

Were southerners not eating before Mr Lugard joined these country together? So far, the north has failed to absolve itself of the leeches they are. If they are really serious, let’s divide this country and see who will beg who!