The Kano State Government says the proposed grazing reserve in Falgore Game Reserve has the capacity to cater for over five million cows.
Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in the state, Dr. Yusuf Gawuna, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano.
Gawuna said the reserve would accommodate herdsmen and their cattle thereby discouraging them from moving to other states in search of pasture.
According to Wikipedia, Falgore Game Reserve lies in the northern Guinea Savanna Ecological Belt, adding that the ecosystem is bisected by River Kano.
Falgore started as Kogin Kano Forest Reserve, which was developed during the colonial period in the 1940’s. The reserve was upgraded into a game reserve in the 1960’s.
The commissioner said, ‘‘Falgore Game Reserve can take care of millions of herdsmen and their cattle.
‘‘The location has been designed to accommodate markets, recreational centres, ultra-modern abattoirs, tourism centres and factories that would make herdsmen transact business without hindrance.’’
The commissioner disclosed that the state government had engaged the services of a consultant and that a document had been submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to convert the forest into a grazing reserve.
He said from the assessment of the consultant, the modern grazing reserve would gulp about $30m to develop.
‘‘The place is too big, we are in talks with private organisations that are coming in to invest and see how we can develop the forest.
‘‘We are also in talks with professional partners from South Africa for Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. They will also assess the forest and submit their report to the governor,’’ Gawuna said.
He said the modern grazing reserve would generate revenue to the state and create job opportunities for the people of the area.
He added that a committee on farmers/herdsmen clashes, under his chairmanship, sat every month with traditional rulers, security agents, heads of agriculture departments and other relevant stakeholders to ensure peaceful co-existence.
The commissioner urged farmers and herdsmen in the state to always resolve grievances through dialogue. (NAN)

Source :https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/kano-to-create-grazing-reserve-for-5m-cows.html

And I hope INEC will not register the 50 million cows against 2019 election?

Between Sambisa and Falgore forest there is enough space water and vegetation to host 300 million cattles conveniently so Fulanis should take this offer if the really don't have any sinister motive for coming down south

Good for them. We need trading reserve also that should accomodate at least 100 million free shops all accross the states in the federation

Luckianti:
Good for them. We need trading reserve also that should accomodate at least 100 million free shops all accross the states in the federation

OAM4J, Mynd44

Good
I hope all the herdsmen within the country will now head towards Kano state.....



Good...

Kano governor seems to like the figure "5m"

They have received brain resetting from mass condemnation of open grazing.

Any state that want his people to rear cattle will emulate this move.

Team say no to open grazing.

Kano should create grazing reserve for a billion cattle as long as those murderous, neanderthal terrorists called Fulani herdsmen don't come down south or we smoke them when push comes to shove

Ganduje is great.

So they could do this all along but chose to go on a killing spree in another's ancestral land.

lot of cows and plenty cows meat there in naija but you eat snakes.

what more do Fulani herdsmen want?

Good! Borno, Yobe and Bauchi should follow suit. Sambisa is even more attractive

Good move, by the time others realise the opportunities missed due to their bigotry and shortsightedness, it would be too late.
The only limitation in this Kano venture is lack of long enough rainfall for adequate vegetation for the cattle feed otherwise it is a win win situation - towards the proposed cattle and meat industry.