Meat Market: Crunching the numbers
14 September 2018 |
5:30 am
Butchers and meat sellers, who travel to the northern parts of Nigeria to get live cattle and goats have over the years supplied beef across the country. GuardianTV delves into the economic side of this business in Lagos.
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