On my previous thread on the topic all the smart people predicted this action would not last. Teetee777 Gandollaar seunlayi predicted the embargo wouldn't last a week. The drama queens exaggerating the of the importance of this event need to ask themselves why they couldn't see this coming.

Lessons:

1. These sellers don't have a monopoly on food production. This means new suppliers and importers are ready to meet demand.

2. Nobody can sustain losses indefinitely.

3. Embarking on this embargo hurt northern economy hence why the kogi governor asked them to end embargo.

4. Nigeria culture is full of empty threats and bravado.

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What concession did they get after pulling this stunt? The status quo has returned with no tangible benefits. Nairaland will look for the next story to overhype for clicks next week.

The parasites were exposed. The painful thing is that the farmers and middlemen who will be affected by this fooólish move most are not the abokis who caused chaos in Oyo state. They are just forcing solidarity down the throat of innocent farmers and suppliers.
I can imagine the 'bandits' in forests turning into overnight intranational smugglers.

As a parting shot, will they be able to take their produce to other countries if there was a corresponding blockade of tankers from Lagos heading north?

Shame on them!!!

CodeTemplar:
The parasites were exposes. The painful thing is that the farmers and middlemen who will be affected by this fooólish move most are not the abokis who caused chaos in Oyo state. They are just forcing solidarity down the throat of innocent farmers and suppliers.

Oh well the innocent onew should've fought back or called the police compliance isnt mandatory. It's pretty funny when you realize this was just to feel important and nothing more. The plan was always stupid but they bought their own hype believing people would starve to death without them.

what did it accomplish?

it accomplish one basic thing we are stuck with each other till Jesus Christ comes.

The food embargo is very crucial at this time. It revalidate how sufficient each region in Nigeria are.

Northerners can not and never threaten SW with food embargo... The worst is to buy the food items from other neighboring countries cos I am sure Ghana would be the first to be of help.

SW farmers are back in the farm without the fear of being attacked by herdsmen.. If they have not been attacked, SW food production could have been more than this but lesson learnt.

To those ( region) who have been lagging behind in almost everything, this is a lesson..

baralatie:
what did it accomplish?

it accomplish one basic thing we are stuck with each other till Jesus Christ comes.

Lies from pits of hell.

CodeTemplar:
Lies from pits of hell.

oga we are stuck like super glue
even the north will not vote any thing divide

Monogamy:
The food embargo is very crucial at this time. It revalidate how sufficient each region in Nigeria are.

Northerners can not and never threaten SW with food embargo... The worst is to buy the food items from other neighboring countries cos I am sure Ghana would be the first to be of help.

SW farmers are back in the farm without the fear of being attacked by herdsmen.. If they have not been attacked, SW food production could have been more than this but lesson learnt.

I agree and it does end the myth people would starve without them. All the benefits if the gambit seems to go to SW longtern. I really cant see how the north benefited considering no laws or regulations have changed.

baralatie:
what did it accomplish?

it accomplish one basic thing we are stuck with each other till Jesus Christ comes.

It accomplished nothing essentially since Nigeria was one before the embargo.

It was a poorly thought out plan because many Northerners are also affected.

Although I think the Northerners are going back to reststragize

We Yorubas need to be prepared.

Iamgrey5:
It was a poorly thought out plan because many Northerners are also affected.

Although I think the Northerners are going back to reststragize

We Yorubas need to be prepared.

the north better focus their energy on how to evacuate and kick out bokoharam,banditry, kidnapping and evil devices playing tennis in their backyards

baralatie:

the north better focus their energy on how to evacuate and kick out bokoharam,banditry, kidnapping and evil devices playing tennis in their backyards

Na their problem be that.

baralatie:

oga we are stuck like super glue

even the north will not vote any thing divide

I can buy food from any source with my money, can the north get fuel free or subsidized from another source to power tractors and haul farm produce around?

Blue3k:


I agree and it does end the myth people would starve without them. All the benefits if the gambit seems to go to SW longtern. I really cant see how the north benefited considering no laws or regulations have changed.



It accomplished nothing essentially since Nigeria was one before the embargo.

Those who think Northerners and SW would go to war because of the food embargo are just enemy of peace.

There are ways of settling issues without escalating it just like the way this current situation is being handled

I will look at this issues from personal perspective first, then on my immidiate environment before the broad spectrum of the south....

1. This food blockage does not affect my daily expenses as we already have some pepér in the freezer which may last us for weeks..... Our major source of "meat" overtime is combination of pork, beef, goat meat, dry fish, egg, and frozen chicken... The absence of beef has no noticeable difference on our menu list as a family.... Therefore, that the blockade could only be sustained for less than a week makes a mockery of the entire strike action.

There are fresh tomatoes on the trays of the market women in Ibadan is a testimony that not only Northern farmers are bringing the products to southwest Nigeria.... We have some Egedes who are into the business of vegetables and peppers/tomatoes... I also saw some Hausa who against all odds smuggled their produce into Bodija market in Ibadan which means there's nothing like total scarcity of pepér, tomatoes and onions in Ibadan.

Lastly, throughout the southern Nigeria, no single person died or admitted to the hospital because of nonavailability of tomatoes and onions.

If it had lasted few months, it would have established the superiority of the north on food production in Nigeria. But now, it achieved.

Who knew that Flour , Sugar and Salt came from the South?

Zenithpeak:

There are fresh tomatoes on the trays of the market women in Ibadan is a testimony that not only Northern farmers are bringing the products to southwest Nigeria.... We have some Egedes who are into the business of vegetables and peppers/tomatoes... I also saw some Hausa who against all odds smuggled their produce into Bodija market in Ibadan which means there's nothing like total scarcity of pepér, tomatoes and onions in Ibadan.

Lastly, throughout the southern Nigeria, no single person died or admitted to the hospital because of nonavailability of tomatoes and onions.

If it had lasted few months, it would have established the superiority of the north on food production in Nigeria. But now, it achieved.

I dont think a few months would've done anything but give the competition more time to flood the market with their goods. As your own examples show people defied the embargo because of their self interest profit seeking and local people would grow more of the goods. The food market works is perfect competition not a monopoly.

455five:
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Its an amazing read
So the north does not feed the west hmmm
Wonders shall never end

The Federal treasury has been looted with tact once again and the money will be used to fund Banditry, for the south it has opened the opportunity to the south to start working on a food security marshall plan for the regiion

GamalNasser:
The Federal treasury has been looted with tact once again and the money will be used to fund Banditry, for the south it has opened the opportunity to the south to start working on a food security marshall plan for the regiion

It was well played considering the FG had no reason to intervene. Violence and criminality is most expedient way to get stuff from the FG. The states rightly refused to give any concessions.

3 Core Fruits of the Food Embargo.

1. The main concern of the Northern traders was addressed. Commitments regarding their safety and free movement were extracted from the SW envoy and the Federal Government so their primary objective was achieved.

2. Their secondary request for compensation has also been considered and they will receive billions of Naira in compensation.

3. The North has demonstrated clearly that it holds the keys to the nations food security and is an important, strategic contributor to the nations well being & commonwealth, as was indicated by the widespread scarcity, price hikes and lamentations by consumers and marketers for the duration of the food blockade into the SW. The south also benefited by a renewed awareness of its dependence on the North for several food items and the need to become as self sufficient as soon as possible.

Blue3k:


It was well played considering the FG had no reason to intervene. Violence and criminality is most expedient way to get stuff from the FG. The states rightly refused to give any concessions.

Was the strike ever about getting any concessions? (even though Igboho reversed his stance in his talks with FFK & Gov. Bello)

Items 1 & 2 listed above were their only objectives which were achieved, so talking about not getting "state concessions" just sounds like self consolation.

Zenithpeak:

There are fresh tomatoes on the trays of the market women in Ibadan is a testimony that not only Northern farmers are bringing the products to southwest Nigeria.... We have some Egedes who are into the business of vegetables and peppers/tomatoes... I also saw some Hausa who against all odds smuggled their produce into Bodija market in Ibadan which means there's nothing like total scarcity of pepér, tomatoes and onions in Ibadan.

If it had lasted few months, it would have established the superiority of the north on food production in Nigeria. But now, it achieved.

Blue3k:


I dont think a few months would've done anything but give the competition more time to flood the market with their goods. As your own examples show people defied the embargo because of their self interest profit seeking and local people would grow more of the goods. The food market works is perfect competition not a monopoly.

How about a true, factual perspective from a team of 7 professional, reputable southern journalists from an independent southern newspaper?

Blockade: Meat scarcity, high food prices persist in Lagos, Ibadan, others

By Oladeinde Olawoyin, Abdulkareem Mojeed and 5 Others

Prices of foodstuff and beef have risen in Lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Uyo, and other parts of Southern Nigeria in recent days, a PREMIUM TIMES’ survey has revealed.

The hike in prices comes against the backdrop of a blockade of southern Nigeria announced by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) last week.

The union is demanding the protection of its members and payment of about N475 billion compensation for lives and property lost in the wake of the crises recorded across Nigeria in recent months.

PREMIUM TIMES’ investigation at foodstuff and commodity markets revealed that the action of the union has driven up prices of beef, foodstuff and vegetables, especially in states in the southern part of the country and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Lagos

At the popular Mile 12 market in Lagos, this newspaper observed Tuesday that meat sellers across the market were largely absent and there was scarcity of tomatoes, pepper and some other food items brought from the northern part of the country.

When PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter visited the market, the few available tomatoes traders were besieged by a crowd of desperate buyers haggling prices.

A big basket of tomatoes, which sold between N5, 000 to N6,000 before the food blockade, sold for as high as N35, 000 on Tuesday. Similarly, a bag of pepper was sold at an average price of N17, 000, from a relatively lower price of between N8, 000 and N10, 000 last week.

“This crate of tomatoes is N13, 000. We sold it for N2,500, even N2, 000 when there was plenty goods. See around, no tomatoes in the market,” a trader told our reporter, pointing at the crate of tomatoes.

Some other sellers sold crates of tomatoes between N11, 000 and N8, 500, depending on how fresh they looked.

“The price of pepper has even gone down today, as at yesterday (Monday), we sold a bag for N28, 000,” a trader said.

Checks by PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday revealed that (cow) butchers were largely absent from their stalls in the market. Traders in the market attributed their absence to the fact that cows are no longer being killed at abattoirs due to high prices.

PREMIUM TIMES also observed that onions, which sold between N11, 000 and N12, 000 per bag, now average between N20, 000 and N25, 000 per bag.

South-South

In Uyo, the capital of Akwa-Ibom state, PREMIUM TIMES gathered that scarcity of beef has become a source of concern for residents.

Mijin Yawa, chairman of meat sellers in one of the markets in the Akwa Ibom state capital, said they did not have enough cattle to slaughter.

“The situation is we don’t have what to use, when the raw material is not there, there is no way for you to produce. The raw material of meat is cow, and we don’t have it. This is as a result of the national strike by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) that is on,” he said.

“So meat is very, very expensive now, not only meat, even rice, beans, and others are very expensive here.”

Mr Yawa said in markets where they usually slaughter up to 50 cattle daily in the past, they now struggle to kill 20 cows because of scarcity.

“We’re now taking from our reserves, so that people can access small meat. They’re now selling a pan weight at N1500 instead of N800,” he said.

Tirmidhi Alamu, who trades cow meat at New Benin market in Edo State, told our reporter on Tuesday that cow is very expensive in the market.

He stated that a small-sized cow they used to buy at N180,000 was sold to them at N350,000 on Tuesday morning in the market.

“We don’t even know what to do, and we have to sell,” he lamented.

“But meat is too expensive. We learned the northerners said they will no longer bring cattle for us anymore unless the federal government compensates them for their losses. The situation is tough here.”

Ibadan

In Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, prices of foodstuff and beef have also recorded a jump in the last few days.

Segun Akinlabi, a meat seller in Olodo market, explained that beef has been expensive because the northerners are not taking cows to the city again.

“This hike we experience from the last two weeks is worrisome,” he said.

“The meat you brought N1,000 last two weeks now cost up to N5,000. I bought the arm (of a cow) that I am currently selling today for N35,000 which ought not to be. If it were before, I should not have bought it for more than N25,000.”

Omodasola Yusuf, Iyalaje of Olodo market, said rice, beans, and other goods have been very difficult to purchase due to the blockade.

“Dry pepper that was sold for N700 five days ago is now N1,000,” she said.

“We urge the government to help us and ensure that there is unity in Nigeria so that everyone will not die of hunger.”

Biatu Adejuwon, Olodo market spokesperson, lamented the increase in the prices of foodstuff since the blockade was announced.

“I sell corn and I can tell you that things have been terrible,” the spokesperson said.

“It is not the same price we bought and sold goods last week that is obtainable this week. We sold a Congo of beans for N600 last week but it is now N750. Hausa people are not bringing goods and people now hike the little they have. We are tired already and hoping that God will save us from the hardship.

“Many of us borrowed money from microfinance to run our businesses but people are not buying because things are expensive. We hope the authorities can find lasting solutions to this.”

SOURCE: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/446527-blockade-meat-scarcity-high-food-prices-persist-in-lagos-ibadan-others.html

baralatie:
what did it accomplish?

it accomplish one basic thing we are stuck with each other till Jesus Christ comes.

God forbid

QuotaSystem:


Was the strike ever about getting any concessions? (even though Igboho reversed his stance in his talks with FFK & Gov. Bello)

Items 1 & 2 listed above were their only objectives which were achieved, so talking about not getting "state concessions" just sounds like self consolation.

Yeah the strike was about gaining concessions. Why else would they engage in these actions. Since when was FFF a representative of the SW? The FG doing a pointless payout is an accomplishment but they payout all manner of degenerates so it's no surprise.

QuotaSystem:


How about a true, factual perspective from a team of 7 professional, reputable southern journalists from an independent southern newspaper?

Doesn't change the fact the market would have adjusted. You just pointed out prices increase when supply decreased. The embargo ended after a weak as predicted with the status quo unchanged.

No effect

fat cows and fat alamajiris upnorth

Nothing

They only have the gut because their own is the president who loves closing the southern border.
They should try this shit when a southerner is a president... A southern president would have signed an executive order to allow the importation of food, stop the supply of fertilizer to the north, and also stop giving them EU agricultural fund... They think Bihari would b there forever