The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers in Nigeria (AUFCDN) has called off its nationwide strike after the Federal Government agreed to pay them N4.75 billion to them.
President of AUFCDN, Comrade Muhammad Tahir, disclosed this after a meeting with the Federal Government presided over by Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Northern traders had blocked food supply to the South to demand the payment of N475 billion compensation for lives of members and properties lost during the #ENDSARS protest and Shasha market chaos.
The traders had also demanded the dismantling of all road blocks on federal highways and an agreement with country governments to withdraw services each time their individuals had been subjected to attack.
Addressing newshounds, Tahir stated the authorities agreed to ensure protection of its individuals and prevent all styles of multiple taxation and intimidation from safety officials at the highways.
Tahir said: “All the stakeholders and members of AUFCDN in our national strike are satisfied we done what we wanted to reap. Since the Governor of Kogi nation, Yahaya Bello begged us on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria, we agreed to call off the national strike today.
“They agreed to pay the repayment and call off any a couple of taxation on federal highway and permit us to have interaction in our business sports peacefully national.”
Addressing the aggrieved unionists for the duration of the reconciliatory assembly, Yahaya Bello stated the nationwide strike had led to growth in hassle that majority of Nigerians had been already going via, which includes contributors of the aggrieved union.
He lamented the collateral damage recorded nationwide in the course of the few days of the strike turned into giant and ought to now not be allowed to multiply.
According to him, the fees of foodstuffs and livestock elevated by using a hundred percent in the South and West, adding the North became not spared from the effects of the strike as perishable items have been getting spoilt with farmers and truck drivers unable to carry out commercial enterprise transactions that would allow them generate the wanted price range to satisfy their every day needs.
Bello appealed to the aggrieved union to right away call off the strike and allow motion of foodstuffs and farm animals to all components of the country with the guarantee that no Hausa-Fulani or members of the union might be maltreated, confused or killed.
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi-Fani Kayode, who spoke on behalf of the West and Southern areas, stated the effect of the strike turned into too heavy to ignore.
He said the killing of any Hausa-Fulani or investors engaged in prison business activities might no longer be tolerated or standard.
“On behalf of the so many humans within the Southwest, in particular Sunday Igboho, our dedication to you today that humans of the Hausa-Fulani extraction can't and could now not be attacked inside the South.
“It is unacceptable and he (Sunday Igboho) may be one of those to welcome you whilst you re-enter the South to escort you all,” the former Minister said.
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