Food Blockade: IPMAN hails Governor Bello of Kogi

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, IPMAN has praised Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State for his role in brokering the impasse between the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria.

This commendation came on the heels of the association’s visit to the Governor in Lokoja.

National President of the Association, Engr Sanusi Abdul Fari described the governor’s swift action as rare demonstration of leadership anchored on patriotism.

The IPMAN President explained that the visit was to Thanked the Governor for his rare leadership quality he had demonstrated at the period of National crisis which has doused the tension in the country.

In his response, Governor Yahaya Bello thanked the Association while describing them as the livewire of the nation’s economic growth.

Bello said the country must do all to ensure that Nigeria remains an indivisible and united entity irrespective of tribe and religion.

He Maintained that, what the nation needs at this moment was peace and security noting that they must all support the effort of President Muhammadu Buhari in building a United Nigeria.

“According to him, Nigeria will continue to remain an indivisible entity, and this can be sustained when we are all united together in ensuring that peace and security must be topmost priority in our dealings,

“It may be Recalled that governor Bello had recently waded into the strike and blockade of food from the North to South, in the wake of the crisis that happened at Shasha in Oyo State, he explained.

The Governor’s prompt intervention has been applauded by many Nigerians which included a leading social-political group known as Ikenga Foundation from South-East geo-political Zone of the country among others.

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