President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the speculations that he is doing nothing to address the crisis between farmers and herdsmen in the country.

The President said this on Thursday when he received a delegation of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) led by Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama at the State House in Abuja.

“The impression created that I was sitting in an air-conditioned office and home, enjoying myself while these things happened, is dishonest,” he said in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.

“At every step, I have tried to foresee these problems because I have the experience as a former military officer who commanded three out of the four divisions of the Nigerian army – in Lagos, Ibadan and Jos.

“I am quite aware of the problems we have and I am doing my best to get law enforcement agencies to be on alert,” he added.

President Buhari explained that the policy proposed by Federal Government in response to the crisis was not meant to colonise any part of the country.

Instead, he said the intention of the government was to create grazing locations for cattle rearers, which has now been misconstrued as another form of colonisation.

The President regretted that the well-thought-out policy, which was conceived after wide consultations with stakeholders, had been largely misunderstood by a section of the public.

He, however, assured the Catholic Bishops that the Federal Government would continue to explore all opportunities and support initiatives to ensure peace and stability in restive areas.

He also condemned the recent spate of killings in Benue, Adamawa, Taraba, and Zamfara states and noted that the security operatives would ensure prosecution of perpetrators and all those found with illegal arms in the affected areas.

sarrki:
Mr president with due respect you allowed the rumors

You should have visited ,

You should have sent a high power delegation to Benue instantly

You should have deployed security immediately

You should have spoken when it matters most

Your Aides and security Apparatchiks shouldn't have engaged in verbal attack of the governor

You should have visited Benue when you did to Lafia last week its just 105km by road to markurdi

How much more by helicopter

Baba you did not handle Benue crisis well

That's the raw and undiluted truth Mr president

doctokwus:
I feel ashamed to have ever felt Buhari was a honest man with loads of integrity.
Everytime I have the misfortune of reading what comes out from his mouth viz-a-viz the reality on the ground,I come to realize that we are not just dealing with a mentally challenged president but one of the most dishonest this country has ever known.

Firefire:
So unfortunate.

surgical:
How they were able to make people believe he is an honest man should be a subject of research, b

sarrki:
Mr president with due respect you allowed the rumors

You should have visited ,

You should have sent a high power delegation to Benue instantly

You should have deployed security immediately

You should have spoken when it matters most

Your Aides and security Apparatchiks shouldn't have engaged in verbal attack of the governor

You should have visited Benue when you did to Lafia last week its just 105km by road to markurdi

How much more by helicopter

Baba you did not handle Benue crisis well

That's the raw and undiluted truth Mr president

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sarrki:


I have always known you as a patriot

You remain such

I respect you bro

Anyday anytime

The respect is mutual my compatriot.

Sarrki - the ineradicable thorn in wailers arses