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January 28, 2021
The Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN) has faulted the agreement reached between the South West Governors and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Akure, Ondo State.
The Fulani group clearly said that the Miyetti Allah cannot represent the interest of the entire Fulani in Nigeria.
In a press statement signed by its National President, Alhaji Sale Bayari, the group disassociated itself from the agreement, saying it amounts to “shaving one’s head in his absence”.
According to the Fulani group, “As a law-abiding association, we shall not go into any unlawful, unconstitutional, and repressive agreement with any governor, president, or government, without reference to the ground norm law of our country, which is the constitution”.
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In this interview by ISAAC SHOBAYO, a former national president of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and now national president of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), Alhaji Sale Bayari, speaks on the controversy trailing Monday’s meeting of South West governors with MACBAN and other stakeholders, among other issues.
Are you not disturbed that the Fulani, especially the herdsmen among you, have become endangered species, given the killings, banditry and kidnapping often associated with them around the country?
The position of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria is that these problems we are having in this country are purely political. They equally have regional, economic, social and tribal undertones. The problems have been made worse by the insecurity in the country. The government said they had been trying their best but we can see that their best is not good enough. In all these, what I don
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FOUR out of five South-West states that are experiencing the security threat posed by activities of Fulani herdsmen will arrest and put on trial any herdsman that breaks the law which bans night and open grazing in the states.
They have also said they would leverage on the recent pact signed at a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum with the leadership of the umbrella body of herders in the country, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), in Akure, Ondo State, on Monday, to put a stop to the menace.
However, a Fulani group, the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), has said the outcome of the Akure meeting was not binding on its members, saying the South-West governors conceded nothing to Miyetti Allah in the agreement reached. In an exclusive interview with Saturday Tribune, the national president of GAFDAN, Alhaji Sale Bayari, cited a number of reasons why his group is taking exception to the agreement, one of which, he said
Chuks Okocha
The Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN) has faulted the agreement reached between the South West Governors and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Akure, Ondo State.
The Fulani group clearly said that the Miyetti Allah cannot represent the interest of the entire Fulani in Nigeria.
In a press statement signed by its National President, Alhaji Sale Bayari, the group disassociated itself from the agreement, saying it amounts to âshaving oneâs head in his absenceâ.
According to the Fulani group, âAs a law-abiding association, we shall not go into any unlawful, unconstitutional, and repressive agreement with any governor, president, or government, without reference to the ground norm law of our country, which is the constitutionâ.