It is no longer news that the crisis between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria is becoming even worse as about 200 people were killed recently in a fresh attack in Plateau State.

This crisis is not just happening only in one state or region but it's now a norm in most of the states in Nigeria. This crisis is very recurrent in states where their major occupation is farming, e.g Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba, Kaduna State, etc.


It will be right to conclude that this crisis will never come to an end as long as we still have open grazing in practice where the herdsmen move about with their cattle to feed on grasses and possibly feed on the farmers crops.


A lasting or possibly a final solution to this challenge is to bring an end to open grazing in Nigeria because there is no way Cows will not accidentally eat crops, and there's no way farmers will fold their hands and watch their crops been destroyed.

It's high time we learn from the Western countries where they have more cows than Nigeria and yet they don't practice open grazing.

This herdsmen must be made to understand that we are in the 21st Century and they cannot continue to practice what was feasible in the 19th and 20th century right now. The world has changed and there are even better improved methods to grow their cows.Cattle rearing is a business that requires some inputs, therefore, they should be ready to spend some money to modernize their business.


The federal government of Nigeria must come forward to ban open grazing in Nigeria if they sincerely want to end this crisis and killings. There is no any other lasting solution other than this.

This is a government that has been preaching the message of "CHANGE".

Let the CHANGE also be extended to Fulani herdsmen.


Let the Cows be separated from the Crops


#SayNoToOpenGrazingInNigeria

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Spot on Op!!

Some people don't want change at all