Insecurity: Nigerian govt unveils plans to end farmer-herder clashes
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The Nigerian government says it will encourage private investment in the livestock sector to curb banditry, cattle rustling and farmers-herdsmen clashes.
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture disclosed this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria’s flagship interview programme in Abuja.
Mohammed said one of the recommendations at the recent Town Hall Meeting on National Security held in Kaduna was that the current system of animal husbandry in the country had become unsustainable.
The Minister said the National Livestock Transformation Plan inaugurated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was in line with the recommendations of the town hall meeting.
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to the Nigerian Senate seeking confirmation of the newly appointed ex-Service Chiefs, Senate on Wednesday commenced the process and have advised Nigerians to wait for their resolution.
2. The police in Ogun State, yesterday reacted to a viral video claiming that Fulani herdsmen had invaded Professor Wole Soyinka’s house in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. But the police said a young Fulani man, Awalu Muhammad, whose cow had got missing entered Soyinka’s vicinity in search of the animal.
3. The Federal Government will today resume its meeting with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions in Abuja on how to end its ongoing strike.