Food Blockage: ASETU Calls On Ndi Igbo To Return To Farm Immediately
Afnews Editor
Mar 03, 2021
Association of South East Town Unions (ASETU) have thanked the north for the food blockage to the southern part of Nigeria as the decision will enable the dream of the Union come to pass.
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In press release made available to AF NEWS, the union revealed that ASETU has since created alternatives for ndigbo. They further explained that Aku Ruo Ulo Investment Initiative which ASETU launched in 2020 will completely resolve the agricultural problems of South East if implemented.
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ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST TOWN UNIONS (ASETU)
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MARCH 1, 2021
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PRESS STATEMENT
RE: BLOCKADE ON FOOD SUPPLIES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
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- THE NORTH HAS MADE OUR DREAMS COME TRUE
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- ASETU HAS SINCE CREATED ALTERNATIVES FOR NDIGBO
We have noted with great delight the statements by some Northern groups in which they threatened to end the supply of food items to our land. We are also aware that MACBAN and other foodstuffs and cattle dealers' associations in the North have begun to grapple with enforcing these threats. What is really exciting about this move by the North is that it has helped the plan of Ndigbo through ASETU to attain total self-sufficiency in food production, and it will certainly within a short time put a stop to the capital flight caused by the imperialism of the Northern agro-cartels in Igboland.
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It is now important to openly inform Ndigbo that the agricultural components of the Aku Ruo Ulo Investment Initiative which ASETU launched in 2020 are now in full swing. To attain food security and sufficiency in protein production, we have since flagged off pilot piggery projects in the five States of the South East, and with species which mature within a short period, Igboland will very soon export pork to the world. We are also making investments in mechanized crop production, cattle ranching and poultry.
All the Presidents-General of Town Unions in the communities have been mandated to coordinate these efforts in line with the framework which ASETU has since released. The target is to encourage the steady and seamless repatriation of Igbo wealth back home, thereby unleashing the potentials in all the sectors of the local economy and facilitate job and wealth creation for our people through the various value chains.
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We also enjoin all Igbo people in the Diaspora and in the other parts of Nigeria to reach out to their Presidents-General to know the areas of comparative advantage within their localities into which investible capital can be funneled.
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The blockade on food supplies to Igboland by the North cannot make us cower, or shake or scamper for help. We prepared for it, and it has aided the materialization of our initiative and fast-tracked our agenda which is to harvest home our wealth and make our land an oasis of prosperity among the Black Race.
Signed:
Chief Emeka Diwe
National President
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Hon. Gideon Adikwuru
National Secretary
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