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BREAKING: Northern food dealers make U-turn, agree to end blockade of supplies to south

The leadership of Cattle and Foodstuff dealers under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) has made a U-turn its earlier decision to cease supply of food stuff to southern Nigeria.

They reached the agreement at an ongoing meeting with some governors in Abuja on Wednesday, Daily Trust reports.

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

 

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