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Hundreds of traders on Monday stormed major streets in Benin City in protest against the unbridled hike in prices of foodstuffs in the state. DAILY POST
Residents of Bayelsa, Edo and Delta have expressed concern over the increasing prices of food items in the nation, calling on the government to save the situation. | Pulse Nigeria
Views: Visits 9 By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City Prices of fishes have skyrocketed in Edo state as sellers have for the past three days refused to sell in protest of the activities of cold room owners and operators who they accused of arbitrary increase in the prices of fish, a more major protein source. They called on the state government to look into an alarming situation where every seller or provider of particular service to the people form unions to regulate prices of their commodities which they lamented that most times are to the detriment of the people. Fish sellers under the auspices of Traders’ Welfare Union of Nigeria drawn from several markets in Benin City who staged a peaceful protest in major streets stormed the secretariat of the Edo State Council secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ where they said a carton of fish which they used to buy N7,000 has within few years skyrocketed to N37,000, stressing that this has made fish
Fish scarcity rocks Edo, as sellers protest activities of cold room owners vanguardngr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vanguardngr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.