Ogun State
government has
ordered Fulani
herdsmen to stop
their migration to
the state as it
aims to end
clashes between farmers and the
cattle-rearers.

The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr.
Ayo Olubori, at a meeting of the
stakeholders in Abeokuta on
Wednesday, said the directive was to
enable the state to address the factors
responsible for the recurring clashes
between farmers and herdsmen and
also to set a minimum requirement for
the nomads.
“Fulani herdsmen who are bringing
their cattle into the state for grazing
should suspend their coming until
proper arrangements have been made
to ensure that the crises that usually
occur between them and farmers do not
happen again” he commissioner
declared.
He noted that “government is working
to ensure that farmers and herdsmen
can cohabit peacefully without a
breakdown of law and order and we
will not tolerate a recurrence of what
was witnessed last year.”
Prominent among those who attended
the meeting were the representatives of
the Ministry, security agents, the
concerned council bosses, Seriki fulanis
of the affected areas and Chairman of
the All Farmers Association of Nigeria,
Ogun State chapter, Mr. Segun Dasaolu.
A number of lives were lost in a recent
tribal clash between some Hausa and
Yoruba in Ibese, Yewa North Local
Government of the state which claimed
the lives of three persons and left no
fewer than 30 vehicles burnt.

Source:
www.channeltv.com
Posted by Channels Television on
September 20, 2012.