Farmer-herder crisis: Six states reject FG’s livestock scheme
OYETUNJI ABIOYE and JESUSEGUN ALAGBE
Published 14 March 2021
OYETUNJI ABIOYE and JESUSEGUN ALAGBE
Published 14 March 2021
• FCT, Ekiti, Ondo, Ebonyi, 17 northern states sign up for NLTP
Six state governments, namely Delta, Cross River, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Oyo, and Edo have said they will not donate any land to be used as grazing reserves for herdsmen under the National Livestock Transformation Programme.
However, 17 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory, as well as three southern states, namely Ekiti, Ondo, and Ebonyi, have signed up for the programme.
The Federal Government had in February said it had mapped out 30 grazing reserves across the country for the planned implementation of the NLTP.
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Osinbajo noted that the ranches were being piloted in Adamawa, Nasarawa Plateau and Gombe states.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 07, 2021
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday said ranching was the way to go in ending the protracted farmers-herdsmen’s crisis, noting that 22 states had embraced ranching through the National Livestock Transformation Programme of the Nigerian government.
Osinbajo noted that the ranches were being piloted in Adamawa, Nasarawa Plateau and Gombe states.
Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo.
The Vice President also called for the establishment of state police as one of the ways of addressing the nation’s security challenges.
He said all stakeholders must accept the fact that there is a need to decentralise the police force.
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