THE YORUBA Council of Elders, YCE, has rejected the idea
of proposed cattle colony being
mooted by the Federal
Government.

This came as the Senator
representing Kaduna Central,
Senator Shehu Sani, and a
frontline human rights activist, Dr
Joe Okei-Odumakin, yesterday,
berated the Federal Government over incessant killings by
herdsmen in some parts of the
country.

Also, the Ogun State Government
said it is taking proactive
measures to prevent a clash
between herdsmen and farmers
and also ensure that lives and
property in the state are protected.

The YCE said this after the end of
its 26th National Executive Council
meeting, held in Ibadan
yesterday.

The elders also expressed
surprise that no arrest has been
made three weeks after the
murder of some people in Benue
State, noting that the kid glove
treatment of Myetti Allah speaks volume about the neutrality of
the presidency on the matter.

Speaking on behalf of YCE, Dr.
Kunle Olajide, Secretary-General
of the council said: “YCE totally
rejects cattle colony and anti-
grazing law as solutions to Fulani
herdsmen brutality. We believe restructuring is the only solution.
Once the restructuring is done, it
will solve all these problems.”

“The Federal government is
encouraging Nigerians to go into
farming. If we are promoting
agriculture and Fulani herdsmen
move about with their cattle
destroying the farmlands. That is a paradox.”

The elders said unequivocally
that the zone would never allow
any cattle colony which only
favours the Fulani herdsmen.

“Cattle-rearing and farming are
business ventures. No
businessman will expect any
government to come and run his
business for him”, he said.

Shehu Sani, Odumakin berate
FG over killings

Meanwhile, the Senator
representing Kaduna Central,
Senator Shehu Sani, and a
frontline human rights activist, Dr
Joe Okei-Odumakin, yesterday,
berated the Federal Government over incessant killings by
herdsmen in some parts of the
country.

While Senator Sani accused
Nigerian leaders of insensitivity
to ending the wanton killings and
bloodshed rocking the country,
Dr. Okei-Odumakin declared that
the government had failed Nigerians for its failure to stop
violent killings.

They said this at a national
conference organised in
Abeokuta, Ogun State by the
Freelance and Independent
Broadcasters Association of
Nigeria, FIBAN.

The lawmaker, who spoke on the
theme: ‘Politics, Media and
National Integration – Before
2019 Nigeria’, said rather than
taking proactive and decisive
steps towards addressing the nation’s problems, political
office holders are busy
strategizing for re-election in
2019.

Sani, who is the Chairman, Senate
Committee on Foreign and Local
Debts, noted that the country was
experiencing tension ahead of
2019.

He said: “All is not well with this
country. This is the wrong time to
shed blood in Nigeria. If you think
that people in power will stop the
problem in the country, you are
in for a fool’s ride. The attention of people is how to win
elections and not how they can
end senseless killings and
bloodshed.

In her lecture, Okei-Odumakin,
who is the President of Women
Arise for Change Initiative, said
the inability to bring the
perpetrators of the heinous
crimes to book continues to embolden them.

Okei-Odumakin said the proposed
cattle colonies will continue to
aggravate crisis between
herdsmen and farmers as well as
indigenes and settlers.

She declared that establishment
of ranches was the only way
towards addressing the persistent
clashes in the country.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/herdsmen-menace-wont-allow-cattle-colonies-swest-yce/

Masterclass32:
THE YORUBA Council of Elders, YCE, has rejected the idea
of proposed cattle colony being
mooted by the Federal
Government.

This came as the Senator
representing Kaduna Central,
Senator Shehu Sani, and a
frontline human rights activist, Dr
Joe Okei-Odumakin, yesterday,
berated the Federal Government over incessant killings by
herdsmen in some parts of the
country.

Also, the Ogun State Government
said it is taking proactive
measures to prevent a clash
between herdsmen and farmers
and also ensure that lives and
property in the state are protected.

The YCE said this after the end of
its 26th National Executive Council
meeting, held in Ibadan
yesterday.

The elders also expressed
surprise that no arrest has been
made three weeks after the
murder of some people in Benue
State, noting that the kid glove
treatment of Myetti Allah speaks volume about the neutrality of
the presidency on the matter.

Speaking on behalf of YCE, Dr.
Kunle Olajide, Secretary-General
of the council said: “YCE totally
rejects cattle colony and anti-
grazing law as solutions to Fulani
herdsmen brutality. We believe restructuring is the only solution.
Once the restructuring is done, it
will solve all these problems.”

“The Federal government is
encouraging Nigerians to go into
farming. If we are promoting
agriculture and Fulani herdsmen
move about with their cattle
destroying the farmlands. That is a paradox.”

The elders said unequivocally
that the zone would never allow
any cattle colony which only
favours the Fulani herdsmen.

“Cattle-rearing and farming are
business ventures. No
businessman will expect any
government to come and run his
business for him”, he said.

Shehu Sani, Odumakin berate
FG over killings

Meanwhile, the Senator
representing Kaduna Central,
Senator Shehu Sani, and a
frontline human rights activist, Dr
Joe Okei-Odumakin, yesterday,
berated the Federal Government over incessant killings by
herdsmen in some parts of the
country.

While Senator Sani accused
Nigerian leaders of insensitivity
to ending the wanton killings and
bloodshed rocking the country,
Dr. Okei-Odumakin declared that
the government had failed Nigerians for its failure to stop
violent killings.

They said this at a national
conference organised in
Abeokuta, Ogun State by the
Freelance and Independent
Broadcasters Association of
Nigeria, FIBAN.

The lawmaker, who spoke on the
theme: ‘Politics, Media and
National Integration – Before
2019 Nigeria’, said rather than
taking proactive and decisive
steps towards addressing the nation’s problems, political
office holders are busy
strategizing for re-election in
2019.

Sani, who is the Chairman, Senate
Committee on Foreign and Local
Debts, noted that the country was
experiencing tension ahead of
2019.

He said: “All is not well with this
country. This is the wrong time to
shed blood in Nigeria. If you think
that people in power will stop the
problem in the country, you are
in for a fool’s ride. The attention of people is how to win
elections and not how they can
end senseless killings and
bloodshed.

In her lecture, Okei-Odumakin,
who is the President of Women
Arise for Change Initiative, said
the inability to bring the
perpetrators of the heinous
crimes to book continues to embolden them.

Okei-Odumakin said the proposed
cattle colonies will continue to
aggravate crisis between
herdsmen and farmers as well as
indigenes and settlers.

She declared that establishment
of ranches was the only way
towards addressing the persistent
clashes in the country.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/herdsmen-menace-wont-allow-cattle-colonies-swest-yce/

Sai baba

These are the real people not the ones that have sold their conscience for kobo kobo.

ovadozes:
These are the real people not the ones that have sold their conscience for kobo kobo.

I have been waiting for the voice of Yoruba. Finally they have spoken. Not jobless touts parading themselves on social media as Yorubas .

It is only sycophants that support the unholy idea of cattle colony.
It is jihad in disguise.