ehie:
The family the children where are they going to?the grass look dry. Up north it's harmattan down south there is hostility. This post has done what miyetti Allah could not do, showing us the human side of the nomads, all I can see is just a family ...looking lost. God help us

Obudupikin:
The Doc made a lot of sense.

These herders will be much more prosperous with the ranching system than this outdated nomadic system of rearing cattle.

Also,with ranching they will have more time to engage in other important things in live,get an education etc. And their existence will not only revolve around their cattle.

They can ask Buhari.

GavelSlam:


What's this one saying?

lastmessenger:
Sometimes I wonder why it is so difficult for these herder's to embrace the modern method of cattle rearing instead of wondering about the whole country destroying farmlands which in turn results to unnecessary clash.
This herdsmen issue can only be solved by a serious government who Will put its feet on the ground and say enough is enough. If you don't own a ranch,then you are not allowed to rear cows.But this present administration has proven beyond reasonable doubt that they are not different from the nomadic herders themselves.

GavelSlam:


Look at your maps before making comments.

Some of you are really college read but uneducated not necessarily you.

By the way, I'm no longer Afonja?

engrchykae:
relax and read again.
He is one of the criminals.
He is subtly asking us to accommodate our LANDLESS fulani brothers by giving them LANDS in the 36 STATES as CATTLE COLONIES.
Tomorrow they will now tell us how the entire NIJERIYA is their land by right of CONQUEST.
When a fulani is speaking,listen very well and read between the lines.
Only the discerning can understand these naturally born tricksters

GavelSlam:


What's this one saying?

GavelSlam:


Totally agree.

I appreciate that we can see desertification is affecting their trade now more than ever before.

Their leaders have only been paying lip service to issues pertaining to the environment and just like the polio incident it always comes back to bite them.

In saying that, I still believe there is a way out of this debacle. Hiding our heads in the sand can only lead to more deaths . Even now, it is unforgivable the deaths of the innocent victims.

However, I still insist there are 2 separate teams here.

One is the itinerant cattle rearer and the Boko Haram / Political version .

Believe me this incident on New Year's day was calculated and smacks of some evil beyond communal clashes.

There is another dimension.

GavelSlam:


Look at your maps before making comments.

Some of you are really college read but uneducated not necessarily you.

By the way, I'm no longer Afonja?

1shortblackboy:
come o these herdsmen are they not from somewhere? Don't they have towns and villages of origin? Don't they have lands left to them by their ancestors in their village? They should go and establish ranches there. The typical farmer in Nigeria is farming where his great grand father used to farm.these herdsmen should do likewise

honeychild:


The Fulani have been nomads since time immemorial. Their ancestors never put down roots in any place. In fact the concept of living in one place and "owning" land is completely alien to a nomad's culture. As far as a nomad is concerned, land belongs to God and is there for everyone to share.

yanshDoctor:
i thought the igbos are good business men and takes opportunities on all kind of trade and business. since the Fulani's are lagging behind,
selling contaminated grazing animals that feeds on bacterial, poor soil formation and infected waters of which doesn't meet healthy standard.

cattle farming is a big business. in the USA cattle are taken to slaughter houses after 3years with massive flash.

well taking care of with access to clean water and feeds that meet up with health standard. why the igbo can not owning up ranches to over take these people over the years, i still don't understand.

mgbadike81:
ranching is coming up gradually in the east especially in Anambra and Enugu, it would take time due to cultural factors, most southerners don't know anything about cattle keeping.

shalomp:



He is saying the truth. The north have a large land mass, then why not use it, we are in modern age. if my land is not fertile for agriculture, I will apply fertilizer and get a better yield, I don't go looking for who I will colonize his land.

Warship:



You were not properly educated in school.

Fulani people should get perforated clay or plastic vertical containers or empty bags of beans and then fill them with sandy soil, cow dungs and grass seedlings then leave it for some days while wetting it everyday.

In 14 days, those grasses will shootout through those holes and every 10 days, it will regrow again as water is applied.

Fulani people should study how to grow grasses through this pattern.

Nutase:

Goke7:


Scientifically we are blind in this part of the world and this is why we cannot develop,even our so called leaders, how many of them are scientifically sound? You see where our problem lie? The Fulani folks can never know this cos their leaders too no sabi, chikena

decatalyst:
Walking the land as if the whole earth belongs to them

GavelSlam:


And why are they trekking down south?