Cow Economy seems the fastest item passed and accepted in Nigeria ' s 2016 budget, and receiving the fastest attention from the Buhari' s administration. Middle belt is systematically chosen to spearhead the Cow Economy in Nigeria.

Even as the governors in Taraba, Benue, Ekiti and many other Northern states did not delay in rejecting the cow Economy, Plateau government seems at the forefront in the queue, for the welcoming and establishment of the cow Economy. Despite the general '' NO '' votes won by the Plateau elites, intelligentia, youths and even children in a random opinion poles, the government seems not satisfied and probably want people to act in its (government's) opinions for the cattle Economy to take effect on the Plateau.

It clamours for support, and Many people arguing in the support of the government plans for cattle ranches in Plateau state, make sense each time they keep quiet than when they talk or write.

Why ranch? Is that the only problem we have? Is that what Nigeria's economy depends on? Why using our money to create cattle ranch and careless about the plight of crop production that we are going through. Should we be giving our lands in a well percelled guise, to any tribe that kill us for peace to reign? Accepting that we are conquired is the rooted institutionalisation of all sorts of foreign tribes on our land and at our detriment.

Why cows and not crops? Why not poultry, pig ranches, goat ranches, but cows? Why using our money? Fulani man will always ask for more until we give him our heads, our kings and our identity. Look very well inward than just accepting without considering what a hausa/Fulani man wants with our lands with our tax money. When a blind says, let's play with stones, he has already planned for a hip of stones. For goodness' sake, why is government insisting on this issue? Because of the money involved? Hausa/Fulani man knew, and he planned for the insentive baits. How many people boast of having cattle when the fulanis already park almost all the cattles at gun points? It is this time that securities will be deployed to guard cows, but when they were killing us in the midnights, day time and holidays, we wept and screamed but no adequate securities to protect our lives and properties; yes, now securities are mobilised to work effectively, because it involves cows, or better still, the kinsmen of Mr President.

We are thinking of our future and children and not just the money. If arable farming (crop production) which the majority of us practice, recieves half the attentionn the government is giving to the cows, with our tax money, no one shall think of government employment. They intensified attacking us in diverse states, Benue, Enugu, Ekiti, Lagos etc, so that when the reserves or ranches package is brought, we will agree to giving them our inheritance for a pea nut from our own money. Let the fastest runners reach the door posts of the ignorants, the misers that want to sale our future just for today's money,; go and tell them that we on the Plateau, won't rear cows any more. Let them take them to Borno, Kano, Katsina, Northern Kaduna, and... If Aso rock want cows, let it have it ranches closer there.

The issue of individual choice is a systematic menace, that shall later engulf our children's peace. What kept disturbing me the more, is how the state government keep on insisting on packaging this erroneous alien idea using all resources, media, and respected individuals. Mr Governor, what we need are ranches for our goats, pigs, dogs, and support for our potatoes, tomatoes, maize, etc, from the national budget. We don't need ranches for cattle, because the Fulanis once said, cow is theirs, and cropping is ours, that's why they killed us, and stole our cows, rams and left us with goats, pigs, dogs, and poultry.

Why are you so restless to support the cow ranches? Is our economy now all about the cows? Let us tell mr President, mr governor and all their gongs, that Our economy is not all about cattle then, and it won't be all about cattle now.



By: Michael Mangs

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