The management of the Meals, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Workers Affiliation (FOBTOB) has referred to as on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to save lots of the meals and beverage sector from imminent collapse by means of addressing overseas trade.
Simply as he warned in opposition to the menace to meals safety by invasion of farmers by herdsmen throughout the nation.
The president of FOBTOB, Comrade Jimoh Oyibo, who made this identified to LEADERSHIP shortly after his speech in forty fifth anniversary of FOBTOB additionally warned that labour is about to close down the economic system with out discover or there may be additional increment in gas worth.
Oyibo who lamented the assaults of farmers by terrorists as purpose for his warning in opposition to menace to meals safety stated: “Since we depend on produces by our native farmers with the intention to have meals, the present assaults on farmers, heavy taxation being compelled on by herdsmen with the intention to entry their farmlands and a few farmers now securing their farmlands with employed safety guards will contribute to the meals sufficiency throughout the nation.
“Solely irresponsible leaders will enable its individuals to die in starvation. Nation management that can’t feed its individuals has failed in its accountability. President Tinubu shouldn’t feign ignorance on this menace to meals safety as a result of the results of meals insecurity might be disastrous and will carry down the nation.
Dwelling On insecurity, Oyibo stated, “It’s worrisome that the federal government may feign ignorance and permit kidnappings and different crimes in opposition to lives, property and security of lives to linger on. The Federal Authorities ought to take drastic steps to nip insecurity within the bud with the intention to have peace, or else, the phrase of one among our previous leaders that if insecurity lingers quite a lot of hours, it means the federal government itself has a hand in it.”
