Following his visit to Adamawa State on December 5 in the wake of the communal clashes in the area, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday commenced a series of national consultations with relevant groups designed to find a lasting solution to the farmers-herders conflict in parts of the country.

Monday’s meeting, the first in the series, held at the Presidential Villa and had in attendance the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi; the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo; elder statesman, Ahmed Joda; and other leaders of the Fulani communities.

A statement by Mr. Osinbajo’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande, said subsequent meetings would focus on other interest groups.

Mr. Akande said at the meeting, previous reports on the conflict were presented by the delegation and causes of the conflict were analysed.

“The meeting unequivocally condemned the acts of violence that has occured, especially the killing of children and women and highlighted the need for Law Enforcement and other Government Agencies to dutifully and objectively perform their Constitutional roles,” he said.

He also said the Vice President assured the delegation of the federal government’s resolve and commitment to the entrenchment of lasting peace in all communities across the country and the resolution of all legitimate grievances.

“There is nothing much more important now in showing our leadership beyond preventing tragedy and destruction of everything we have built as a nation. The entire Nigeria enterprise is bigger than other interests. The overall objective is ensuring that our nation is not enveloped by another crisis.”

According to the vice president, “We now have an opportunity to do something. We have the opportunity to resolve the issues and to build a nation, where we and our children can live in peace.”

Already, following the vice president’s visit to Adamawa State last week, several food items and relief materials have been distributed to all the affected communities in the state including Shafaron, Kodomti, Tullum, Mzoruwe and Mararraban Bare in Numan Local Government Area. Others communities that have received relief materials are Dong, Lawaru and Kukumso in Demsa Local Government Area of the State.

In the next series of meetings, Mr. Osinbajo will meet with the Batta, Bachama and other groups from Adamawa State; while meetings with other important personalities and groups from other conflict-affected states would follow.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/252198-presidency-begins-national-consultation-farmers-herders-conflicts.html

Fruitless Effort like every other done before

Yawn this issue is beyond these hacks. The FG should focus on is enforcing the law. The states will figure this issue out since FG can't get it's act together.

Baba go slow!!!!,after all the needless killings..

Vice president Osibanjo. Vice president Osibanjo


Dont we have a president?

Foolish powerless VP holding an obviously fruitless meeting.

Only now? You don fail

2019 don dey near.

Thunder fire Fg



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Buhari is mad! Tell him I said so! What is Osunbande doing chairing such a meeting. Shouldn't Buhari been one of them, in the best position to chairman that meeting? He will rather be touring the world fulfilling his age long ambition of visiting those place, an opportunity he never had as a herdsman!

Mtcheeew.

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What useless consultation?
This people have been killing since 2015,yet they were called Libyans,isis and all worth not,to protect who they really are-armed terrorists.
This is a State Govt issue,let them go to Ekiti....now State Govts are turning against them,you have remembered to send Osinbajo.It is people like that Jeremiah in Enugu and that Nebuchadnezzar in Kogi that is making Buhari act so laicadaisical.
They carry guns,clean up villages,destroy farmlands,and you have a President who has never for once spoken passionately against this....Buhari or whatever you call yourself when the 'terrorist' ipob we're doing theirs,you gave a UN-modified speech....what is happening to the Fulani,it's either you send Osinbajo or Lai to bamboozle us as usual......
Atiku has made you to start holding meetings even with Murtala,abi? You are lucky you came at a time of Gullible,ethnocentric youths without direction.
Foolish somebody.

Implementation not consultation is what we need.# CommercialCattleRanching #IrrigatedRanches

As elections draw near...

Whereas what concerns Papa Wicked(Buhari) the most is his cattle farm! His cows first before anything else

Papa Wicked(Buhari) who's against ranging is actually ranging his cattles. Who's deceiving who?

According to cheta nwanze on smooth FM, there are some important factors the FG aren't considering:

1.Like how due to the boko haram insurgency in NW and NE which has about 62% of Nigeria's land mass, these herdsman will have to come down south to graze...

2. He also said something about the land use act...

3. Then cultural ignorance, that the herdsmen think they can just visit the village traditional leader, offer him money and proceed to graze on people's land...

After how many years and how many dead scores!!!!... Dul***d!!

FG is joking 2019 has already come and we can't wait to deal with the commander in chief of the herdsmen ourselves since herdsmen are too precious to him

Dem sabi now say election dey come

After so many lives have been lost.

Consultation is not the solution to fulani herdsmen terrorism.
Stop playing to the gallery

dhardline:
After so many lives have been lost.

Our president Buhari does not care.
He is never in the country anyway.

Another round of expensive talk show


How about enforcing existing laws?

No Trespassing
Arresting anyone with unlicensed arm
Engaging armed combatants with police/paramilitary
Unraveling sponsors
Investigating, arresting, and prosecuting murderers, and arsonist!
Ranching away the root cause of the conflict

You don't need plenty talk Mr Osibanjo. Let's law enforcement agencies to their job professionally.

Scrap open land grazing and let the Herdsmen adopt ranching is the permament solutuin to these conflicts.

All these consultation is just a waste of time and resources.

Late hour consultation with 2019 in view. Lives and property worth millions of naira has been lost to this demonic Bubu foot soldiers all in the name of grazing.

Begins consultation after 3 yrs in power, what an insult! So it took PDP's convention for Buhari to realised he has an obligation to protect the rural farmers?

Next will be to give media briefing he has refused to do in 2 years.

GeeOh:
Baba go slow!!!!,after all the needless killings..

elections don dey near na....govt is into window dressing everywhere to safe face. A killing DAT has continued since 2015 till date (over 2 years) despite outright cry by the populace they ignored.
All of a sudden they now deem it fit to now look into d mata.
lives have been lost continuously for over 2 years.


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Nice one, but the federal government should be warned that the outcome of their meeting must not include creating of routes across the nature for these blood sucking demons because no southern state will give any part of their land for such suicidal project

Am I late on this thread?