Lagos Market Clash: Unions Threaten To Cut Tomato Supply To South

The Tomato Crates Dealers Association of Nigeria and the Amalgamated Union of Food Stuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria have threatened to cut tomato supply to Lagos state over alleged destruction and burning of their commodities.
The National Chairman, Tomato Crates Dealers Association Ahmed Alaramma who disclosed this at a press briefing in Zaria said the incident that occurred at Agege Local Government of Lagos state has destroyed over 60,000 empty tomato crates.
Alaramma who is also the National Secretary of Amalgamated Union of Food Stuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria explained that raffia basket was initially used for conveying tomatoes to south, adding however that raffia baskets cause more damage to the tomatoes.
He added that the plastic crates were introduced to mitigate damage and wastage while conveying fresh tomatoes from north to southern parts of Nigeria.
According to him, each empty crate costs N6000, noting that members lost over N360m investment to the clash.
The association appealed to the federal and lagos state governments as well as other relevant stakeholders to look into the issue and compensate the association to cushion the effect of the damage.
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I do agree with our Northern brothers. I am Igbo and I do insist that Lagos state government MUST repay them for all their loss.