have scanned the grazing reserve
bill and I am very alarmed that
none of the legislators and senators
from other parts of Nigeria have
not raised concern or seek to educate the
people they represent on its
implications.
1. Most of what is relevant, which the bill
seeks to achieve, are already within the
remit of federal ministry of agriculture
and nomadic education. Therefore, I fail
to see the rational for attempting to
enact another bill, which would
duplicate functions and necessitate
increasing government expenditure.
2. The bill, if it becomes law would be a
very discriminatory legislation that
accords special treatment to a group to
further their peculiar interest, which is
not extended to other similar groups in
the country.
3. The Fulani herdsmen (nomads) are not
the only people from an ethnic group in
Nigeria that go outside their ethnic
region to ply their trade. After all, cattle
rearing is a business just like any other
business, and why should they receive
special treatment, which is not extended
to others?
Therefore, why should the law (Land use
Act) be abused to enable them take over
vast acres of land that belong to other
communities to establish a community
within a community?
4. Igbos and other tribes have been trading
in different parts of Nigeria for many
years. There has never been a history of
Igbo traders invading a village and
killing the people and burning their
houses because they want to build a
markets or establish a community within
a community. Igbos have never been a
danger to the communities they settle in.
The experience of Igbos has been that of
persecution from the ethnic
communities, whose economy they grow.
Igbos are often killed in large numbers
and their markets burnt or destroyed.
The same cannot be said of armed Fulani
herdsmen, who have become
increasingly militants and go around
terrorising villages and seeking to take
over other people's land by force as
grazing grounds for their cows.
5. This bill, if it becomes law in its present
form would be rewarding terror,
legitimising violence and discriminatory
treatment and putting several regions of
Nigeria at significant risk of terrorism
by Fulani herdsmen.
6. This bill gives the government right to
acquire land in any part of Nigeria and
reserve it for the exclusive use of the
Fulanis.
7. More than anything, it expose the
unfairness of the Land use Act, the
extent it can be abused by a government
with sectarian agenda to advance
sectarian interests and another reason
why the Land Usr Act should be
abrogated.
8. It gives the Fulanis right to land in any
part of Nigeria, which no other ethnic
group enjoys and sets aside a significant
percentage of federal government
income for it.
9. This is a law to carve out large part of
Nigeria in different regions for the
exclusive use of Fulanis. A privilege not
available to any other ethnic group.
10. Why should the Fulanis be given special
assistance to enhance their economic
advantage, which no other group enjoys?
They already get foreign exchange from
the central Bank to sell, which has
destroyed the value of the Naira.
11. Why should the rest of Nigeria subsidise
cattle rearing business and way of life of
Fulanis, when such assistance is not
available to other farmers?
12. Why is such treatment and protection
not available to other groups, who have
to earn their living in regions outside
their ethnic region?
13. What measure will be put in place to
stop these reserved areas from becoming
terrorist training grounds to advance
Islamic agenda in the whole of Nigeria?
The bill provides for a substantial
percentage of federal account to be
contributed for running of grazing
grounds
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It would be very risky for any people to
accept such exclusive community of
people who are armed to the teeth in
their community.
This is because there is nothing in the
bill, to stop the grazing grounds from
becoming training grounds for Islamic
terrorists to lunch a jihad on the host
communities. In this case the whole of
Nigeria. This is consistent with the
history of the Fulanis.
This bill would seem to be a clever
attempt to extend the caliphate. It looks
like a Trojan horse, which should be
rejected in its present form.
Other minorities who live in other parts
of Nigeria buy their own land and seek
to integrate into the host communities,
while the government hiding behind
unfair land use act wants to acquire land
belonging to communities for the
exclusive use of Fulanis herds men.
This bill comes, while the north is
deepening the hold of Shari law in its
region, which discriminates against
none Muslim ethnic minorities and
christians.
The bill is coming at a time, when Fulani
herdsmen are ethnically cleansing
minority Christian villages in the north
and middle belt and using the army to
intimidate farmers in Igboland.
This bill is not an attempt to find
solution to Fulani herdsmen terrorism. It
is a calculated attempt to exploit the
unfair land use Act to grab land all over
Nigeria to further the sectarian interest
of the north.
The bill, if such a law must be
enacted,should be changed to Minority
Right Bill, to give minorities in any part
of Nigeria equal right to end
discrimination on the basis of ethnicity
and religion, which Sharia enables the
north to perpetrate.
In Nigeria, Igbo graduate are not offered
jobs in northern states, but the
government wants a bill to declare some
part of Igbo land Fulani Caliphate in the
name of one Nigeria.
Fulanis like any people in Nigetia should
be free to live anywhere and if they
need land for grazing their cows, they
should acquire it the way other
minorities acquire land in other parts of
Nigeria.
Such a bill, if at all necessary, should
mandate the government to acquire land
all over the country for the use of
minorities populations to build ranches,
churches, mosques and markets and for
the minority population to acquire AK 47
and a munitions to defend themselves
and protect their assets as the Fulanis
are allowed to do at the moment. It
cannot be one law for Fulanis and
another for the rest of Nigeria.
This bill does not meet the minimum
requirement for a good law. It does not
satisfy equality principle and it
discriminates against none Fulanis.
Therefore, the grazing reserve bill,
should not become law in its present
form, without its implication and
various ways it can be abused by a
government with sectarian agenda
addressed.
Law makers from the south should
consider sponsoring a bill to repeal the
land use Act to start with and
substantially review this bill to make it
equitable and fair, if they have any deep
awareness of what Nigeria is up against
in its attempt to develop as a secular
democracy.
by E O EKE

Front page please!!! Lets discus this.

if the Buhari wants Grazing land for cattle rearer in the south, he should first create a fishing sea-pool for Southern fisher-men in the north.

Where is lalasticlala when u need him?

You are a big f.ool.so what exactly as islamization got to do with that.but wait guy, are you guys only inteligent when it comes to crime?.igbos sha

my points:
1. grazing reserves are advocated by some of d best minds Nigeria can offer, d benefits are almost countless

2. u cnt compare Igbo or Yorubas to Fulanis who are largely crude, nomadic, unschooled (no apologies)

3. you sound very tribalistic and bias (you sound inferior. sorry if that is harsh)

4. it is an insult to Christianity when you say that someone wants to jslamise Nigeria. that cannot happen. nit subtly and never by force

They have enough grazing reserves up north in sambisa forest and Mambila plateau. they should not cross those 2 rivers down south.

Yes, and we love it .

A subtle attempt at establishing islamic citadels & camps across the South as they did in Eneohia-Itim in Afikpo Ebonyi state.

Nigerians be wise.

We have to build a fence in the east to keep the Northerners out

When is the Anambra state Govt going to move a bill to the state house of assembly to ban the movement of cattle or other animals on foot

This bill is dead on arrival

The zoo is a joke

That Bill is Evil and must be jettisoned from the NASS immediately!!!!The Land use act is vested in the State Governments and not the FG. Now please give the 36 State Governments FULL AUTONOMY and limit Federal Powers to external security and the Military.

Fool, should we kill our cattle industry and start importing meat because you want to massage your ego over land you don't use.

grafikii:
Fool, should we kill our cattle industry and start importing meat because you want to massage your ego over land you don't use.

big fool, go take a look how cattle rearing is been done in Argentina, Australia and USA.

they operate their ranch and take their product to where it is been sold.

Fulani should operate their ranches in north and sell their cattle in kara market down south.

grafikii:
Fool, should we kill our cattle industry and start importing meat because you want to massage your ego over land you don't use.

Any land you choose to graze your cattle on should be paid for. Those cows are not for free. Any how you want it we will give it to you.
#SayNOtograzingroutesinourancestrallands#

We'll meaning southerners should rise against this evil bill. Why can't these farmers form clusters and establish ranches in the North there. They can transport what is needed to be sold to the South. We don't need grazing reserves in the South. We don't even have enough land here.

The bill is one sided to me; if FG should acquire land any where in Nigeria for grazing then the herdsmen must pay taxes to both state and federal government. Nigeria does not belong to the fulanis alone.

They told us Sambisa forest is larger than Enugu state,they should use it for cattle grazing reserve and stay away from our land.

Unless the is a specific section of the bill that says only Fulani people can herd animals then you are just saying rubbish.

comos:
if the Buhari wants Grazing land for cattle rearer in the south, he should first create a fishing sea-pool for Southern fisher-men in the north.

[size=13pt]Funny and true.
The sad thing is the Buhari candidacy and Buhari candidacy have only served to divide our country even more.
I think we were making some strides at being more united. At least over the last 16 years[/size]

AZeD1:
Unless the is a specific section of the bill that says only Fulani people can herd animals then you are just saying rubbish.

[size=13pt]What you say here does not make sense because the bill itself is about no other people but the Fulani people who rear cattle.
Not other Nigerians.
Not even all Fulanis.
It is specifically about only Fulanis who raise cattle and therefore need to graze them[/size]

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stonemason

coolscott:

[size=13pt]What you say here does not make sense because the bill itself is about no other people but the Fulani people who rear cattle.
Not other Nigerians.
Not even all Fulanis.
It is specifically about only Fulanis who raise cattle and therefore need to graze them[/size]

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stonemason

What is stopping you from grazing?

regardless what the other side say,s the answer is yes

if d dullard want grazing reserve, he should also create;
-farming reserve for farmers.
-mechanics reserve for mechanics.
-poultry reserve for poultry farmers.
-husbandry reserve for animal farmers.
-capentary reserve for capenters.
-blacksmith reserve for blacksmiths.
-manufacturing reserve for manufacturers.
yeye dey smell.
well meaning nigerians must never accept anytin call GRAZZING RESERVE FOR FULANI HERDSMEN!!!!!!!!!!

lalasticlala

AZeD1:

What is stopping you from grazing?

Igbos have been telling me that you guys do not reason well.
Why are you making it look as if it is true?

One Nigeria is scam because of oil . quote me anywhere.

Mods, this is FrontPage deserving, can you kindly give this wider readership for meaningful deliberations.
Thank You.

Cc: lalasticlala
Mynd44
OAM4J

ehinmowo:
my points:
1. grazing reserves are advocated by some of d best minds Nigeria can offer, d benefits are almost countless

2. u cnt compare Igbo or Yorubas to Fulanis who are largely crude, nomadic, unschooled (no apologies)

3. you sound very tribalistic and bias (you sound inferior. sorry if that is harsh)

4. it is an insult to Christianity when you say that someone wants to jslamise Nigeria. that cannot happen. nit subtly and never by force

You are just exposing the height of your gullibility.

You are either not a Christian or you are grossly ignorant of jihad and islamic propagation methotologies in both ancient and recent histories. Unfortunately, you cannot even begin to imagine the far reaching consequences you create when you feed the young Christians on NL and elsewhere with this your miopic and fool-hardy view of Nigeria's political clime.

ehinmowo:
my points:
1. grazing reserves are advocated by some of d best minds Nigeria can offer, d benefits are almost countless

2. u cnt compare Igbo or Yorubas to Fulanis who are largely crude, nomadic, unschooled (no apologies)

3. you sound very tribalistic and bias (you sound inferior. sorry if that is harsh)

4. it is an insult to Christianity when you say that someone wants to jslamise Nigeria. that cannot happen. nit subtly and never by force

[size=13pt]You are very wrong on the 4th point.
Northerners (from Dan-Fodio to Buhari) have publicly expressed this desire. Why should we then force ourselves to believe they don't want to. About if they can or not, they have always been chipping persistently at their goal. People just resist.
I would have loved for it to happen so that we can say "we told you" but every inch of islamisation is very difficult to reverse as we have seen even in cases when the actions committed are illegal.

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There was a time in Europe when Winston Churchill was warning his countrymen that Hitler was a mad tyrant but nobody wanted to believe Winston Churchill's imaginations that anybody could be foolish and mad enough to want to conquer Europe and indeed, the rest of the world. Somehow, you wouldn't blame them. Hitler had to be stupid and outrageously mad for Churchill to be correct.
They just did not know that Hitler, the German politician, was already mad.[/size]

yang:
We have to build a fence in the east to keep the Northerners out

When is the Anambra state Govt going to move a bill to the state house of assembly to ban the movement of cattle or other animals on foot

This bill is dead on arrival

The zoo is a joke

I would have taken you seriously but for your last remark. Anyways i would like to inform you that no government be it state or federal can pass any law restricting the movement of any Nigerian citizen and his/her lawfully owned property within the boundary of the Nigerian state, because it is against the constitution. Also, if Nigeria is a zoo, you are the animal locked up in a cage

boyo123:
You are a big f.ool.so what exactly as islamization got to do with that.but wait guy, are you guys only inteligent when it comes to crime?.igbos sha

It is your types that will willingly allow federal govt to bulldoze your father's house and entire village to make way for Fulani cow paths.