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The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Orton, has advised the Federal Government to embrace ranching if it is genuinely interested in tackling insecurity.
Ortom stated this on Thursday at a lecture organised by the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, FCT Council.
He spoke on the topic, “Insecurity in Nigeria: Restoring peace, unity and progress.”
The governor insisted that the major cause of banditry, kidnapping, and other forms of criminality in Nigeria was because the Federal Government took no step to end open grazing.
He also accused the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of encouraging the herdsmen menace by canvassing the Ruga system instead of advocating the modern system of livestock management.
•IG to reorganise police to check promoters of separatist agenda
Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Olawale Ajimotokan and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
But for the various interventions of the 36 state governments, the security crisis currently bedeviling Nigeria would have worsened, governors have said.
The governors, rising from a meeting, which began late Wednesday in Abuja, and ended in the wee hours of yesterday, expressed concerns about the growing insecurity in the country.
Also, the Acting Inspector General of Police (IG), Usman Baba, has promised to reorganise the police to check those promoting separatist agenda.
However, Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, urged the federal government to enforce the ban on open grazing, one of the major factors for the pervasive farmer-herders clashes, and immediately implement the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) in line with the recommendation of the National Economic Council.
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has urged the Federal Government to evolve a policy that will encourage the enforcement of open grazing and ranching of cattle as one of the ways to ensure peace and unity in the country.
Governor Ortom spoke on Thursday in a virtual presentation as a guest lecturer at the 2021 Press Week of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, FCT Council, on the topic: “Insecurity in Nigeria: Restoring Peace, Unity and Progress.”
He called on the Federal Government to direct the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to enforce the prohibition of open grazing laws passed by various states of the federation as well as implement the National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP in line with recommendations of the National Economic Council.
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