Igbo can feed themselves, South East Town Union tells Northern traders

In line with threats from some Northern Groups to end the supply of food items to the South, the South East Town Union Association has said the people of the South East region are capable of feeding themselves.

The group’s National President, Emeka Diwe, and the Secretary, Gideon Adikwuru, in a statement on Tuesday, said it would within a short time put a stop to the capital flight caused by what they called “the imperialism of the northern agro-cartels in Igboland.”

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The South East Town Union  has it that the decision of the Northern traders had helped the plan of Ndigbo through the association to attain total self-sufficiency in food production.

 

“The target is to encourage the steady and seamless repatriation of Igbo wealth back home, thereby unleashing the potential in all the sectors of the local economy and facilitate job and wealth creation for our people through various value chains.

“We prepared for it, and it has aided the materialisation of our initiative and fast-tracked our agenda which is to harvest home our wealth and make our land an oasis of prosperity among the Black race,” ASETU said.

 

According to reports by DAILY POST, the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and cattle Dealers of Nigeria had embarked on an indefinite strike, vowing not to supply food items to the South to protect alleged maltreatment of Fulani herdsmen and some Northerners residing in the south.

 

The above union in the light of same has instead demanded compensation to the tune of N4.75 billion for the alleged losses incurred by it’ members during the #EndSARS’ protestIgbo and razing of their properties at Shasha market in Oyo State.

This has in recent time resulted to hike in the price of food commodity around many parts of southern Nigeria, with Oyo in the centre of it all.