OP,
We should first understand who the Fulani nomads are and what they gain by roaming around

1. The Fulani nationality is a fluid one. A Fulani from Cameroon, from Niger, from Burkina, from Mali...how do we identify them apart from Fulani in Nigeria and stop their illegal entry into Nigeria?

2. Their easy and uncontrolled accessibility into ethnic regions give them a rich knowledge of the terrain and ability to control that terrain to their advantage during confrontation. They map the land. If there is inter-ethnic war and Fulani invade the indigenes will not succeed in using their terrain for cover and advantage.
Chief Falae spoke about how his abductors are constntly in motion the whole four days crossing streams and farms. How did they know this Ondo terrain so well that they were able to keep the coordinates of their movement away from the rescue teams? This is a big danger and security threat!

3. They monopolise and control cow supply and therefore, to some degree, have the power to sabotage meat supply and feed us with contaminated meat.

4. Feed. The cows themselves do not gain anything by roaming and trekking over long distance for food. The purpose of this trek is simply for marketing and its control point is in the South. They have camps or settlements in the South, particularly in West with heavy demand for cows. Their stock has to be replenished very frequently and on time. Therefore the trekking of Fulani and his cows is simply a transportation, he leaves home with 500 herds and deposits them at camps in South, collects pay for his job (not for cows, he doesnt own the cows, he is a middle man...the big oga in North who owns the cows gets a big remittance for his cows), returns back to North to rest and wait for signal to transport next batch of herds down South.

5. A day in the life of Cow. The Northern region is a suited climate for the specie of cow the Fulani keeps. They can be kept in South as well but not for very long, they will soon get disease and no one wants to eat diseased meat. However, the rich grass in the savannah is the most ideal feed to raise cows on and fatten them for market.
This is why clashes between Fulani and indigenes have persisted in the Middle Belt. Fulani would love to displace the indigenes from their land. Further down south the vegetation changes from grassland to forest, and the nature of the confrontation changes as well. There is no grassland but abundant farmlands with rich crops to fatten the cows.

6. Traditional grazing path. Fulani's claim their lifestyle and livelihood will be altered by blocking access to paths they have used for years to graze. This is incorrect.
In Yorubaland for instance there had never been confrontation with Fulani over cow feed...but we have always had farmers and the farmlands and communities have not changed. Oke Ogun for instance is an ancient settlement. So what path were they using to feed their cows and avoided confrontation in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and now in the 00s we are having increase in clashes? There is something else Fulani is looking for and it's not peace!


Suggestions:
We cannot stop influx of Fulanis from other countries. West Africa has been designated a common market, a West African of one country can enter freely into other West African countries with no restrictions .

The discussion around creating a natuonal grazing path is a useless one. We have an open market, a capitalist system of economy. You don't force others to conceed their land or portions of their land to Federal Government to donate to a ethnic group for market advantage. There is no truth in the talk that Fulani hsd a grazing path. What Fulani had was a transport route to get cows from point A to B, in the process the cows feed along, simple! Fulani need only one thing in the South and that is the market. The South does not have the nutritious feed cows need to gain beef pounds, therefore a national grazing path is a deceit.

In the modernity of commerce supply chains use modal transportation and depot facilities to get their commodity stock from point A to B. It cuts down on cost because it is scalable and delivers quicker returns because the supply rotates faster. Instead of a national grazing path, government should spend that money to build ranches and depots in the North as permanent camps for cow farming and transporting. Government should also build grass pastures in the MiddleBelt and Savannah for cultivators to grow, harvest and sell to ranchers in the North. The people that buy cows for consumption dont get the meat free, they pay for it. Fulani ranchers will be able to buy feed from producers in the Savannah belt at a cost. When ready for market transporters will be paid to haul the cows over the road for their various market destinations.

This will grow the economy and is well in line with government's vision to diversify economy and support agriculture.

@SovietBomber, i appreciate your motive for opening this thread and i've only acknowledged your effort because you specifically called my attention to it. So, this is just to reciprocate the honour done my person.
However, i would refrain from contributing because of demented pigs like @LeOstrich and his likes who would readily go against your plea to not turn this to Ibo versus Yoruba tirade. He probably take you for Yoruba sicking help or alliance none of which are in Yoruba's agenda.
The Yoruba needed no assistance in year 2000 to deal a blow to the fulani herdsmen in Oke Ogun and we certainly don't now.
This would've been a forum for sound brainstorming among enlightened southerners on the issue at hand but am afraid, imbecilic elements who have made up their minds to live the rest of their lives on hate and for hatred like the biblical pharisees won't let that happen.
Cheers.

PenSniper:
@SovietBomber, i appreciate your motive for opening this thread and i've only acknowledged your effort because you specifically called my attention to it. So, this is just to reciprocate the honour done my person.
However, i would refrain from contributing because of demented pigs like @LeOstrich and his likes who would readily go against your plea to not turn this to Ibo versus Yoruba tirade. He probably take you for Yoruba sicking help or alliance none of which are in Yoruba's agenda.
The Yoruba needed no assistance in year 2000 to deal a blow to the fulani herdsmen in Oke Ogun and we certainly don't now.
This would've been a forum for sound brainstorming among enlightened southerners on the issue at hand but am afraid, imbecilic elements who have made up their minds to live the rest of their lives on hate and for hatred like the biblical pharisees won't let that happen.
Cheers.

You remain a bastard slave.

This is not about Ibo vs yoruba becos I am neither.

This is about you foolish myopic lab frogs who for the first time are seeing what we have been screaming.

The IBOS and ND People will not help you.

Slave

LeOstrich:



You remain a bastard slave.

This is not about Ibo vs yoruba becos I am neither.

This is about you foolish myopic lab frogs who for the first time are seeing what we have been screaming.

The IBOS and ND People will not help you.

Slave

Who has ever come to you for help?

You are the ones always soliciting Yoruba help in your political quagmire.

Ilekeh:
Solution:

In civilized countries, the idea of nomads ceased to exist during the agricultural revolution. Before we can talk about solutions, we have to answers several questions. Why are Fulani herdsmen still archaic? Why do they still need to bring their cows to the South to chew our crops?
Countries like America implemented a cleaner system of transporting fresh meat across the nation. Nigeria can imitate this system or invent a better one. South Nigeria worries about meat supplies if the herdsmen are restricted to the North and the North worries about meeting this demand if they can't travel to the South. Why can't the North create a system of meat supplies in the North and have the The Southern states find methods of getting meat to the South. i.e stores like HEB, Walmart, Target etc find ways to get fresh meat supplies to their stores all over the country.


Result: Fulani herdsmen stays in the North.

But then.....everything is connected to a good electricity supply. No nation can function without stable electricity. Nigeria's not functioning, she's just surviving.

In case you don't know..

There are southern cattle rearers.. Their cattle are usually in a fenced compound..

Southerners also produce meat, cow skin e.t.c. There is already meat in the south.

State govt needs to ban northern meat, products e.t.c and boost the southern cattle rearers sales..

Stop talking as if its only the north that sells meat..

Cattle should be in ranches and a 500 head ranch can have a graduate manager with millions of naira in monthly revenue and well paid workers. Igbos and Yorubas are also involved in the business and majority of herders work for others. What cattle eat is known and there is therefore no need at all to be living a nomadic life in today's world. Anybody doing that can be given one month to adjust after which any cattle sighted will be seized by government