In a petition addressed to the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, signed by Comrade Buna Ishaq of Human Rights Monitoring Agenda , they lamented that the multinational company under the group name, SICOM GROUP has embarked on what they termed injurious practice by going directly into the retail market to sell and compete with the same middlemen who have been the off-takers of its product.
“We write your hallowed chamber owing to the centrality of Lagos State in the entire fish and fisheries industry , and also because Lagos State stands to be at the receiving end of the social vices which this threat to the livelihood of many Nigerians would eventually unleash as more homes are driven into poverty -the number one precursor of insecurity.
They continued: Needless to say, this matter requires your utmost attention and swift intervention as Nigerians are being shortchanged from both ends.’