Pan- Yoruba socio- political or­ganisation, Afenifere has said the Northerners cannot threaten the South with with­drawal of cattle and other food produce as there are other al­ternatives where the items can be purchased.

There have been fears that acute shortage of beef, vege­tables, tomatoes and onions, among other essential edibles from the North may soon hit Southern Nigeria as foodstuff and cattle breeders, under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Deal­ers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) had four days ago threatened to withdraw their services.

However, Yinka Odumakin, the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, who spoke in a chat with Saturday INDE­PENDENT listed countries such as Togo and Benin Repub­lics as friendly countries where the South can purchase cattle and other items withdrawn by the North.

He also said the withdraw­al of foodstuffs by the North will benefit the South as it will make the people do more in the area of agriculture.

Odumakin, who said there are other sources of protein that the South can consume aside cows however said the Northerners shouldn’t also forget that the oil from the country flows from the South to the North.

“If they withdraw their cows from the South, no prob­lem about that. Before cows, we had what we were eating. Cow is not the only source of protein, there are several other sources. It will encourage our people to do more in the area of agriculture.

“We have neighbours who are peaceful in Benin Repub­lic, Togo and other places that we can buy things from. They can’t threaten us with any­thing such as withdrawal of items.

“They should also not forget that petroleum goes from south to the north. So, they should be careful. When you are throw­ing stones at your neighbours, you should be careful what he throws back at you” he said.

Monogamy:
That's just it

There are always price to pay for good things...

SW can in the meantime be getting their food items from neighboring countries while we start the process of mechanized farming.

If buying the food items temporary at high cost is the price to pay to stop Northerners from killing our farmers and destroying their farms, we are ready to bear the consequences

Kaduna1stson:


Who will give access to import anything? Look, we have Baru dry port in the north and it's now going to be used to import everything.

nairavsdollars:
Southern govs should unite and form a joint board on agriculture

damichibuzor:
How

Monogamy:


You are back with your impersonation even after several NL's have lambasted you on that?

You people's dream are finally coming true as any disagreement between SW and northerners always massage una egos

Godarz:
Aint much of a blessing really

First, the North is not going to get a better market for its agro produce other than the South. Niger is too broke to provide a substitute, as are many other African countries.

The South too is heavily dependent on Northern agricultre to survive. Plus Southern agriculture is not mechanized at all...it is basic subsistence farming. Meaning in the event of a total loss of supply from the North, the only way to meet up with demand is...IMPORTS AND MORE IMPORTS...and eventually more debts.

Keep this up for five more years and both regions would be as broke as poor church mice. Sorry...church mice would be richer than them

All in all, this is what happens when you spend less than one tenth of the amount New Your spends on policing 25 million people on policing 211 million people. It is also what happens when Nigerians glorify taking the laws into their own hands. And we have successive governments who are too lazy to do anything about it.

Mikecold:
But frankly speaking the disagreement between south west and north is all we pray for.


Because this is the only thing holding one Nigeria together


It's a win win for all including west because west can never benefit anything from north except subjugation


Btw i am not igbo

BabaOwen:
Are you telling me we won't start seeing the result in 1-2 years If the south decide to go into massive mechanised farming?

I'm even thinking of going into this farming business of Tomato, Pepper and Cassava.

Kaduna1stson:
If you are hoping on importation to fill the gap, remember that we run the borders, we can close Seme again plus other southern land borders.

We can handpick the foods to be imported from the ports because we are in charge of that sea access too. We can ban chicken and fish imports, alongside tomato and onions imports.

sylve11:
By trying to punish someone, you only end up punishing yourself.