In a renewed effort to check incessant clashes between nomads and
farmers across the country, 10 state governments have allocated land for
grazing of cattle to Fulani herdsmen.
Niger State which is among
the states, reserved 30,000 hectares of land in Bibi town in Maria Local
Government Area of the state.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello who
made this known when he received the national leadership of the Mayetti
Allah Cattle Breeders Association led by its President, Alhaji Mohammed
Kiruwa, said government was still searching for land in other local
government areas to be used as grazing reserves by herdsmen.
Bello
who decried the frequent clashes between farmers and nomads, expressed
the hope that the gesture would bring to an end such ugly incidents.
The
governor who said the grazing reserve in Bibi town was capable of
accommodating all the cattle in the state, added that government would
establish a veterinary clinic in the grazing reserve, promising that the
necessary drugs and manpower would also be provided.
Responding,
the National President of MACBA, Kiruwa, said the association was
working towards ending the incidents of cattle rustling through a
collaboration with stakeholders in the cattle business.
He said
the association was already collaborating with the National Union of
Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and cattle traders to identify the real
herders as a way of curtailing the rising cases of cattle rustling.
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