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Herdsmen violence: Government to build ranches, grazing reserves

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Engineer Babachir David Lawal on Thursday said that the government was going ahead with decision to establish ranches and grazing reserves across the country as a solution to the incessant clashes between Fulani cattle rearers and local farmers.
He made the remark while receiving a delegation of Tabital Pulako Njode Jam Foundation, led by its Chairman Alhaji Abdul Bali, in Abuja.
Lawal, in a statement by the Director (Press) in the office of the SGF Bolaji Adebiyi, also noted that nomads from outside Nigeria have migrated into the country and have been the ones perpetuating most of the crimes on the farmlands.
He assured that government will do the needful to enlighten Fulani Herdsmen on how to make cattle rearing more profitable by utilizing the ranches and reap other social and political benefits that such settlements will offer.
The Foundation, he said, was set up to look into the problem of clashes between Fulani Cattle Rearers and Farmers.
“The foundation, in its submissions, is also convinced that the nomads from other lands are responsible for the senseless killings on the farms and urged the government to strengthen control at our land borders. The foundation is ready to partner with government to bring the situation under control.”
In another development, the SGF assured the people of North-Eastern Nigeria that government agencies, responsible for the rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the region is not discriminating in the provision of relief materials to the various states.
According to him, relief items were distributed with a deep sense of equity and fairness, as he emphasized that the severity of the hardships of the IDPs in the affected communities and states were the major consideration in the distribution exercise.
The SGF made the clarification in his office when he received a delegation from another group, the Lardin Gabas Elders Forum led by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees Captain Paul Tahir.
He explained that rehabilitation efforts in the North-East, apart from the provision of foods items, tents and building materials, included the reconstruction of schools, hospitals, police stations and barracks.
To streamline rehabilitation activities in the region, and accelerate the return of normal life to the North-Eastern States, he said that a Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative (PCNI) will soon be inaugurated by Mr. President.
The Lardin Gabas Elders Forum was established as a reaction to the devastation that Boko Haram insurgency visited on the North-East Region.
The Forum, according to the delegation, is ready to work with the federal government to ensure that succour is brought to victims of the insurgency.
The forum also advocated the return of Christian Religious Studies to school curriculum to teach youths about good moral upbringing early.

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  1. WHEN THE GRAZING RESERVE IS ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAINST THE PEOPLE’S WILL, YOU SHOULD BE READY TO SEE MORE TROUBLE THAT WILL EVEN CONSUME THE POLITICAL UNTOUCHABLES IN THE COUNTRY.

  2. GRAZING LAND NOT IN SOUTH EAST OR EASTERN STATES BECAUSE SOUTH SOUTH WAS TO DIMINISH EASTERN STATES OR BIAFRA..THE TIME OJUKWU BECAME GOVERNOR AND FINALLY BIAFRA PRESIDENT.WE ARE MORE WISE THAN BEFORE.THE ENEMY GIVE THE NAME SOUTH SOUTH.THE NAME HAS TO BE STOP.PORTHACOUT IS IGWEOCHA,LET PMB SET UP TECHNICAL SHOPS FOR OTHER TRIBES MEN AND YOUTHS.CATTLE IS FOR HAUSA FULANIS .IGBO MUST STOP EATING NAMA NOW.AND START REARING GORTS FOR MEAT.THE IGBOS ARE TECHNICALLY TALENTED TRIBES EVIDENCES ARE THERE FOR YOU TO SEE.THE TROUBLES WITH NIGERIA IS THAT THEY HATEDLY REFUSED TO APPRECIATE GOD FOR HIS GIFTS TO THE IGBO TRIBES RATHER THEY HATE IBOS THE MORE HENCE WHERE WE SEE OUR SELF.SUFFERING IS ON THE WAY IN NIGERIA UNTILL NIGERIA STARTS TO SAY THE TRUTH ALWAYS.MOST OF NIGERIA FOUNDERS ARE PRETENDERS,GOD HATE PRETENCE.

  3. I am using this media to call on all the south east and the south south ppl of great BIAFRA should not allow this present administration to subdue your region the second time as he previously did when he was a miniister of petroleum he allocated all the oil block to his fellow hausa/fulani terrorrist ppl who are only enjoying the wealth of economy which is the major cause of all the millitancy happen in niger delta today. this administration is too section is only have the concern of his own ppl at hand and not for the interest of 9jarians eg at the northern part of nigeria what has this administration ever did for igbo ppl to help their bix by forcing is own ppl to leave their land and give the igbo to carryout their large scale bix.

  4. Grazing ranches is just a means by the present administration to further increase the score of the igbo that was kill during the biafra war so that they will not continue to agitate for a seperate state. There is an hinding agender behind that grazing reserve.north has the highest number of vacancy land not in use.

  5. WHY NOT MAKE THE GRAZING LAND AND RANCH IN THE FULANI LAND???
    FULANI HERDSMEN ARE SHARIA AND ISLAMIZATION SOLDIERS SO WE DONT NEED THEM IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA AS A WHOLE.
    THE AGREEMENT OF AMALGATION HAS EXPIRED SO WHY ARE YOU FORCING US TO LIVE TOGETHER WITH MURDERES???
    GOD WILL BRING DOWN FIRE THAT WILL CONSUM THIS EVIL DOERS WHO ENGAGE IN ILLEGALLY KILLING THE INNOCENT IN JESUS NAME….

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