The leadership of Cattle and Foodstuff dealers under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) has agreed to end the blockade of supplies to the south.
They reached the agreement at a meeting with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State in Abuja on Wednesday.
A source who is also a leader of a group of cattle dealers who attended the meeting, reporters that the union has agreed to shelve the strike.
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, was also at the meeting.
Recall that last week, the union commenced strike to protest what they called attack on some of their members during the #EndSARS protests and the recent Shasha market crisis in Ibadan, Oyo state capital.
They had initially given the federal government a seven-day ultimatum to intervene and look into their demands.
The Union had also demanded protection of its members, and payment of 475 billion naira compensation for lives of members and properties lost during the #EndSARS protest and the Shasa market crisis.
They further demanded the dismantling of all roadblocks on federal highways where their members are harassed and money extorted from them by security operatives.
It happened that such vehicles were stopped from reaching the Southern region.
Both sides have been affected by the strike. Food prices soared in the South, while farmers in the North complained of poor patronage.
Onion traders had earlier lamented over the crash in the price of the item, as a bag of onion which sold at 35,000 naira before the strike, plummeted to 7000 maira during the blockade.
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