AMALGAMATED UNION OF FOODSTUFF AND CATTLE DEALERS OF NIGERIA TO SYNERGIZE WITH NSCDC.
By Nasir D Abdullahi CDPRO.
The state Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps NSCDC Niger State Command,CC Ahmed Mohammed Dandare,has assures the readiness of the Command to partner any Union or organization in ensuring peace and stability in the state.
CC Dandere stated this when the delegation of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria paìd him a courtesy visit in his office today Tuesday 24th January, 2023.
Earlier in his Speech during the visit, the National President of the Union Dr Muhammad Tahir Ibrahim said that he was in his office to intimate the corps on the existence of the union and its functions thereby suggesting ways in which the union will contribute its quota in curtailing cattle rustling in the country.
The National president stated that plans are ongoing by the union to start issuing waybill to all articulated trucks conveying livestock from the north to the southern part of the country to ensure all cattle transported to the other regions are legally acquired from the owners.
He added that, security checkpoints to checkmate all trucks transporting livestock will be initiated and manned by NSCDC personnel nationwide.
He further disclosed that this will discourage people from buying rustled cattle and reduce cattle rustling to the barest minimal.
Dr Tahir then unveiled plans to stop articulated trucks carrying passengers alongside livestock to forestall frequent loosing of lives on the highways.
