This article could go in several NL sections, food, business, culture, but since South-East governors are mentioned I go post it here in politics.

Sale of cow drops in Southeast

May 28, 2020 in Coronavirus, News, News Update

https://thenationonlineng.net/sale-of-cow-drops-in-southeast/

From Nwanosike Onu, Awka


The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has said the global pandemic known as Coronavirus has become it’s nemesis in the Southeast markets.

The group lamented yesterday that Igbo no longer patronise them the way they used to as a result of COVID-19

MACBAN’s Southeast Chairman, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, spoke with reporters in Awka, Anambra State

He said the issue is no longer the herders and cCommunities again, but the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, which had caused lockdown in the country.

Siddiki, said the outbreak of the pandemic had stopped ceremonies such as burial, marriage ceremonies among others in Igbo land, where they make huge sales, in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols.

According to him, “the Coronavirus disease outbreak is seriously affecting our business, we no longer sell cows like we used to because people no longer celebrate marriages and burials like before. These are some of the events that give us sales.

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“Again, cows have become expensive due to high cost of transportation, our volume of sales has gone down very much”.

He regretted that most of his members were not adhering to the rules of social distancing, hand washing among others despite repeated sensitization

“I and members of my leadership take the awareness message to them where they are in the bush and also them that we have to join hands with other people to eradicate this virus which is threatening our business.”

He urged Muslims to relate harmoniously with everyone irrespective of the creed in the spirit of the lesson learnt during the Ramadan.

However, he commended the governors of the South-East and the people of the area for giving them the enabling environment to do their business.

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They said we couldn’t survive without the north..

On the contrary, it’s the other way round...

Truth will forever come forth

Ipobeast fabricated news

To be safe in our land, lets forget about that cow for now.

noleflendum:
Ipobeast fabricated news

so “the nation” owned by Tinubu is now ipob news?

Exciting times we live in...

Issoryt

Pork sellers have taken over.

The pork meat tastes better and is even cheaper.

True coz we dash out cows during burials and other big ceremonies.

You people are broke that's why. Cuz of the lockdown

I told someone that this pandemic would change the way of life and a lot of businesses may not get back up as habits have changed and people have learnt a new way of life.. it may take another Generation and a massive economic boom across board to get things back to usual, with the dwindling cost of crude and massive pressure for greenhouse, its chances are slim.

The low patronage is because the SE mostly use cows for traditional functions round the year and in whole.. they are not as restaurant frequent as the SW. Now the pandemic has turned those burials and traditional weddings into private family functions with social distancing, there is not really much use for large cows.

It's not tribalism or economic sabotage, it's the new pandemic way of life.

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