The decision by the government of Jigawa State to hand over 12,000 hectaresof land spread across four local government areas to a Chinese investor is threatening the livelihood of about 150,000 persons in the state.

The 12,000 hectares are spread across Gagarawa, Taura, Suletankarkar and Garki local government areas of the state.

The state government had in 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Lee Group to allocate land to the company to set up a sugarcane plantation with a view to setting up a Sugar factory.

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Wetin Consign me get nothin to say, I dedicate this Ftc to all April peeps,


Lemme give another people space

This is a good development. Hope they will compensate the farmers.

farouk0403:
This is a good development. Hope they will compensate the farmers.

if the land is leased then good development , if it is outright sell out of gift, then it is the dumbest move .

olaezebala:


if the land is leased then good development , if it is outright sell out of gift, then it is the dumbest move .

Government cannot grab the land without the consent of the farmers.

The industry and sugar plantation will also serve as an additional employment to the people of that community.

farouk0403:


Government cannot grab the land without the consent of the farmers.

The industry and sugar plantation will also serve as an additional employment to the people of that community.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/228101-investigation-jigawa-governments-land-grab-chinese-firm-threatens-livelihood-150000-citizens-22-villages.html

It is a stupid move

150,000 farmers, N1.2b compensation

PREMIUM TIMES met with representatives from over 10 villages in Gayar Malam village. At the meeting, most of the speakers expressed their readiness to defend their lands “with everything at our disposal”.
A former three-time councillor representing the area at Gagarwa Local Government Council, Alhassan Gayawa, advised the government to handle the matter with caution.

“Boko Haram began because of (motorcyclist’s) helmet, there are many associations willing to join us to resist this thing. Anywhere you go now, you see refugees begging for food, that is what the government is planning to turn us to. It will never happen! We are prepared to die rather than allow ourselves turned into refugees, I swear to God almighty,” he said.

LAWMAKER RAISES CONCERN
Mr. Zorro had in November 2016 raised the issue of the land grab on the floor of the House.
Speaking under matters of urgent national importance, the lawmaker alleged that the Lee Group planned to seize 15,000 hectares of farmland in Jigawa state.
He said foreign companies under the pretext of investing in Nigeria had displaced a lot of people.
He also said he was disturbed by the land-grabbing activities by Mr. Lee’s group in many states in the North, the latest being its incursion into Jigawa.
The lawmaker said that it was a ploy by the company to forcefully acquire over 15,000 hectares of farmland.
According to Mr. Zorro, the development will dispossess more than 10,000 peasant farmers of their farmlands in over 35 farming communities in Gagarawa Local Government Area of his constituency.

farouk0403:


Government cannot grab the land without the consent of the farmers.

The industry and sugar plantation will also serve as an additional employment to the people of that community.

Which additional employment are you referring to? Can the Chinese firm employ the 150,000 people that would loose their source of livelihood?
Wouldn't it have been better if the government had provided technical assistance to boost the productivity of the farmers?

Who Chinese firm don epp before?

Agritech:
Which additional employment are you referring to? Can the Chinese firm employ the 150,000 people that would loose their source of livelihood?
Wouldn't it have been better if the government had provided technical assistance to boost the productivity of the farmers?

Who Chinese firm don epp before?

Chinese will bring money, equipment and their people to work in Nigeria
To reduce unemployment in their country and increase it in Nigeria

The governor is sick