Fulani clashes in comparison with Boko Haram

It will shock Nigerians to know that more people have died as a result of Fulani/indigene clashes in the last half a decade than have died from terrorist activity occasioned by the Boko Haram terrorist sect. As horrific as individual Boko Haram activities are, they pale in comparison to the barbarous slaughter of over 500 men, women, and children in a single night of terror at Dogo na Hauwa village of Plateau State of 2010.

Terrorist activities occasioned by the Boko Haram terrorist group have been largely localised in Nigeria’s North-east save for some sporadic attacks in other parts of the North and the Federal Capital Territory.

However, Fulani/indigene clashes have occurred in every state of Nigeria bar none! Needless lives have been lost all over Nigeria in these clashes and this will continue in perpetuity if as a nation we do not take steps to change the conditions that give rise to these clashes.

Even before there was a nation called Nigeria, the Fulani had been passing through several nations en route markets all over West Africa. Year in and year out, they followed established grazing routes and as long as their cattle had grass and vegetation to feed on, they coexisted in peace with communities along their grazing routes. But as West Africa became increasingly urbanised, it was and is a matter of time before increase in population put pressure on local communities to use the ancient Fulani grazing routes for farmland or residential purposes.

It is the competition for the scarce commodity of land that has brought about friction between the Fulani’s and the indigenous people along these reserves. So what do we do? What is the solution? Obviously we cannot do nothing and watch as people continue to die all over Nigeria.

The steps to stop watching how people are dying

We must do something and I propose that Nigeria should take the following series of steps. We should restore the ancient grazing routes of Fulani pastoralists. Both the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Federal Ministry of Lands should work with the apex Fulani pastoral association, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, to revive these routes and where there have been farms or houses built on these routes, alternative routes must be found.

Next, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture should give a deadline of no less than 10 years to the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association to convert from pastoral cattle rearing to the modern business of cattle ranching in which cattle are reserved, reared and bred at a central location suitable for such purposes.

Measurable timelines should be agreed with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association for progress towards this objective and penalties for failure to progress towards these timelines must be clearly spelt out.

Next, the Federal Ministries of Finance and Defence must collaborate through their agencies to monitor and ensure proper taxation of the informal cattle rearing economy and also to ensure that the government can trace the whereabouts of individual Fulani clans. This can be done easily by identifying the cattle rearers entry point into Nigeria and stationing mobile border posts there with armed officials of the Nigerian Customs Service Department of Animal Control.

Upon entry into Nigeria, every cattle must be shot with a homing device which will enable Customs officials and the ministry of defence track each cattle as they enter Nigeria and to pin point their location anywhere within our borders. These devices are cheap and practical.

There is a huge informal economy that is not taxed by the various governments in Nigeria. Tagging these cattle as they enter Nigerian soil will not just have positive security implications, it will also affect the economy positively as the federal government will have accurate numbers of the total cattle on the hoof that enters Nigeria and how much to charge as duty on each cattle.

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This report from Mr Bruce had been posted several times on this forum. Perhaps it would have garnered more attention and taken more seriously if dear Bubu had made a categorical statement, as well as effect a policy that would restrict the carnage caused by these wandering death merchants called Fulani herdsmen.
There's little difference between them and Boko Haram. In fact, they can be among one group in the daytime, and camp with the other at night. The presence of any of these two groups in a community is accompanied by death and destruction. They have no place in modern human interaction. You just cannot coexist with them, except u leave ur farmland and it's produce as forage for their cattle.
I'm still puzzled as to how many of them are allowed to keep automatic rifles. Were they licensed to bear those arms, or what?

If Bubu does nothing to stop their clashes and mindless slaughter before his tenure elapses, we can be rest assured that these herdsmen menace is a script aimed at forcefully taking over pastureland from these indigenes, especially in Plateau state.
It has carried on for damn too long for any reasonable government to ignore or pretend that it's a localized or passing fad.

This is TOTALLY correct nd I stand 100% with Ben Bruce on dx one. Dx pple ve caused a lot of damage evrywere dy go. Dy destroy nd maim nd run into d bush without meetin any formidable resistance. Jos has witnessed a lot of their destructions. Even d south is not spared. D one dt pains me most is dt MOST nd MAJORITY of the robbery dt tks place on d highway now is bin committed by dx same pple. Ve run into dem twice on d road nd yu easily notice dem thru their poor English n accent nd also their looks wid their cutlass nd hunting guns YET we ve a Fulani man @ d top of affairs in dx country who isn't doin anyfin. Buhari is the life patron of Miyetti Allah which is the umbrella body of all Fulani cattle rearers nd I believe he can call his pple to order buh alas he has not. He used it as a pt to gain electoral victory nd nw he can't stop dem again. I weep for families who ve lost loved ones to dx rampaging animals dt call themselves cattle rearers. Jst as was predicted ind holy books their days re NUMBERED.

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