Catfish worth Millions Die At Benin-Agbor Traffic Due To Bad Roads (Video)
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page 0 · 32 posts · 29 participants
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This page is a news repost of a viral video showing a catfish truck dying on the Benin-Agbor expressway, which has triggered a massive off-topic political debate about government incompetence, road infrastructure, and corruption rather than agricultural discussion. The thread features 29 distinct authors engaging in political ranting and blaming the current administration, with no posts containing phone numbers or specific farming advice.
“A catfish farming business worth millions of naira has reportedly been wiped out after a truckload of the fish died along the deplorable Benin-Agbor Expressway due to the bad road”
“In 2026 we should have a functioning rail network that connects the 36 states of the federation even after subsidy removal Nigerian infrastructure has decayed under the local master strategist of poverty.”
“20% of the money wasted on that costal road can fixed this east west road from Lagos to Asaba but they refused”
Unclassified: The thread is dominated by political discourse regarding the Tinubu administration, subsidy removal, and the Coastal Highway project, with very little actual agricultural content beyond the initial news hook.
page 1 · 29 posts · 26 participants
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This thread is a heated political discussion triggered by a news report of catfish dying due to bad roads. Instead of technical farming advice or market coordination, users engage in intense partisan bashing between the APC and PDP, blaming government corruption and mismanagement for the infrastructure failure. The conversation focuses on governance, election reactions, and political hypocrisy rather than agricultural solutions.
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“So difficult to difficult business in Nigeria. Imagine there was constant electricity, Imagine that this fishes were frozen ? This famer would not have suffered this loss.”
“The owner of the merchandise is in serious trouble”
“That said, it is a very big shame on our government. Is it that Umahi and his group lack compassion, or the greed to show off the coastal highway has beclouded their judgement?”
“The answer is for a leeway to continue to eat EGUNJE via Elephant 🐘 projects that has several loopholes to enrich all the useless politicians in Abuja”
Unclassified: The thread is dominated by political infighting, partisan labeling, and general outrage over government infrastructure neglect rather than specific agricultural operational details.
page 2 · 31 posts · 28 participants
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This thread is a reaction to a news story about catfish dying due to bad roads, quickly devolving into political arguments about the Tinubu administration and road infrastructure. While there is some discussion on the risks of transporting catfish, the conversation is dominated by political bashing rather than practical agricultural advice or trading.
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“Catfish is a very delicate fish dangerous to transport on long distance takless of bad road.”
“One would expect voters to be waiting eagerly to avenge losses like these when elections hold in a few months. But this is Nigeria.”
“After paying taxes as a businessman,he cannot used the road to transport his fish,he should sue Tinubu and the federal government for #50bn”
Unclassified: political_bashing
page 3 · 30 posts · 10 participants
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This thread is a heated political debate triggered by a news report about catfish dying due to bad roads. The discussion quickly devolves from infrastructure complaints into partisan arguments about government performance, corruption, and voting behavior, with very little actual agricultural technical advice or market coordination.
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“lol, propaganda ke, but when you were praising the Govt on other threads about developments it was not propaganda.”
“do you know how many times he has transported this fish, do you know how long he has been in the business, if the road was in good condition would you have said this?”
“I never voted based on ethnicity, tribal or religion and I won't start now. I don't vote rubbish.”
Unclassified: The thread contains significant political banter regarding Tinubu, PDP, APC, and voting ethics which is not strictly agricultural.