Former Lagos state Governor, Bola Tinubu, has finally spoken on herdsmen killings nationwide.

Tinubu, in a paper he delivered at the Daily Trust dialogue, urged government to establish a relief and rehabilitation program for families and communities that have been so grievously harmed.

Represented by a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Olawale Edun, Tinubu specifically lamented the “terrible killings” that have occurred in Benue and Taraba states.

He said “It is important that we place the current crisis in proper context. No one should pretend that this evil just suddenly appeared from nowhere. We have been living and dying with this lethal situation for many years.

In years past, there have been herdsmen attacks smaller than this. There also have been attacks larger than this.

The current hue and cry against these killings is hopefully a sign that we are maturing as a nation. That we shall no longer countenance the wanton destruction of human lives no matter the religion, ethnicity or origin of the victims or the villains. If so, maybe this nation is coming of age and none too soon.

As such, this outcry is as welcome as it is overdue. We should have been agitating in this manner 5, 10, 15 years ago. Lives would have been saved. For reasons I cannot completely fathom we have come late to the point of strong, collective outrage at this bloodletting. Yet, all in all, late is better than never in this regard.

This spirit of compassion and care must be enshrined in our political culture because it is integral to national greatness and democratic progress. True patriotism requires that you love more than the concept of Nigeria. You must love the people who comprise this nation, whether they worship in a church, mosque, and shrine or not at all.

Over the course of history, nations have faced crises more crimson than this. Through wise policy, many nations emerged from the thicket better situated to realize their better destiny.

These nations and their people are no better than us. We can and we must do the same thing.

Against this backdrop we must take prudent action. It is incumbent on the federal government to do what past governments neglected to do. We must forget our age-old prejudices in order to resolve this problem. What we need is serious committed action.

At its essence, this crisis was not born of religious or ethnic hatred. It is about a shrinking amount of grass and water.

In recent years the desert has expanded, consuming land once used to graze livestock. This pushed cattle herders farther and farther south to collide with the farmers who were there.

Ecological peril spawned economic conflict which descended into violence.

This violence has taken on religious, ethnic and regional consequences because of the identities of the parties involved. This tragic episode tolls a caution to us all.

Left to fester, this problem expanded to assume dimensions that now tremors the body politic.

This is what too often happens when dire problems are left unattended. Now, the current administration is moving to arrest the lethal situation.

I welcome the deployment of more law enforcement and military into the troubled areasThese security measures will stem the immediate violence and loss of life.

As we commend these security measures, we must not lose sight of the fact that the problem bears an economic origin. Thus, agro-economic policy initiatives must help shape the lasting solution.

The crux of the matter is that the nomadic way of life is fast becoming obsolete. Large scale nomadic practice does not belong in this day and age. This is reality and it is inescapable.

Thus, herders have no right to cling to this way of life by killing others. Government must stop their violence but also offer them a viable new way of life by moving them toward more modern, non-nomadic cattle rearing.

To resolve this lethal problem, government must implement a multi-dimensional policy that encompasses security, agro-economic, educational and emergency relief elements. This is the art and mastery of governance that our nation and its complex problems require.

In addition to mending this rupture of peace, I believe those who seek to enshrine good governance must boldly act to improve the quality of life of the people.”

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

ShobayoEmma:
Wellcome back from your self imposed silence

BeeBeeOoh:


http://dailypost.ng/2018/01/18/tinubu-breaks-silence-herdsmen-killings/

imhotep:

clueless as usual

Haganah:
Abeg make we hear something!

Who is Tinubu to talk when Buhari has not said anything? Corruption fighting back.

imhotep:

clueless as usual

sarrki:


He's the conqueror of your heroes and heroine

He's the cause of that little stipend you normally receive to seize

JUSTICE4Nigeria:
who is this guy? Is he mad or childish

sarrki:


He's the conqueror of your heroes and heroine

He's the cause of that little stipend you normally receive to seize

sarrki:


Shut up

You lack sense of reasoning

Lack decorum
O
Finally you lack comprehension

JUSTICE4Nigeria:
who is this guy? Is he ok? Wait are u kidding me? Noooo madness is in their gene.

JUSTICE4Nigeria:
ok

sarrki:


Can you see that you aren't man enough ?

Changing your words within seconds

That's the decorum and sense of reasoning am talking about

Haganah:
Hmmnnn!!!

All these big words to describe a dummy! Remi Tinubu pant fall on you!

Meti99:
Tinubu did not condemn this killings, he is still been political with his statements..

He is still an anti peace in nigeria

sarrki:


Do you know the meaning of your moniker in the omoluabi kingdom

It says it all

Meti99:
Tinubu did not condemn this killings, he is still been political with his statements..

He is still an anti peace in nigeria

sarrki:


The main pig is Nnamdi KANU and his followers

Did I even mention you ?

You did

Now you are sounding incoherent