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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by 3Ceagle(m): 11:25pm On Jun 30, 2019
Has it occurred to us why the first democratic period was able to produce great result. Reason is that each region was able focus on the need and aspiration of their people. Therefore each developed at their own pace. No matter how we stand on one Nigeria, every state should decided what they want and not one individual sitting in Aso rock, telling all Nigeria what to do. Let the government invest the said money in modern ranching in the North and not try to force this proposal on people of other region. We have not gotten to that level of tolerance in this country and may never get to it with this type of president.
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Emotionss: 11:30pm On Jun 30, 2019
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Luvinghubby:


You have said it all, Fulani are also causing problems in Mali

Only those that don't know the land grabbing mentality of the fulani will support this rugga settlement of a thing. First they course trouble then they ask for land

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by somehow: 11:30pm On Jun 30, 2019
Common reading dey hard una.

FG doesn't own lands in the states, they can only tell state govts their plans, it's left for the state to tap in according to what was stated in the article.

12 states have tapped in and signed documents to release lands. the rest 24 aren't ready and haven't been forced to.

Our problem in this country are the people who have decided to not be exposed or think like exposed people without resorting to ethnicism and religion.

Las las, na the poor people go still suffer lack of development, later start eating the next in line (comfortable people living around them)

Benekruku:


36 states my dear.

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Angelfrost(m): 11:31pm On Jun 30, 2019
Not trying be critical or nothing... But, if Gej were still in power, and leading the exact same way Buhari is, would Buhari commend him, and laud his efforts?...

On the issue, since the states in question (I still don't know all of them) voluntarily offered their lands for this "experiment", then I see no reason for all the fuss.

Good luck to them, as they join the FG to please and grant amnesty to nomadic "peace lovers".
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by executive12: 11:31pm On Jun 30, 2019
rusher14:


The chief press secretary should provide evidence.

Provide evidence to who? You? The Benue State Government is saying that the FG have started building Fulani settlement in their State and you are asking for evidence?
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by executive12: 11:33pm On Jun 30, 2019
redsun:
The only fundamental way to make those primordial creatures extinct quick is for southerners to start breeding cows commercially and kill off their market. When there is no market for their primitive animal husbandry, they will die off naturally.

Exactly.

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by rusher14: 11:35pm On Jun 30, 2019
executive12:


Provide evidence to who? You? The Benue State Government is saying that the FG have started building Fulani settlement in their State and you are asking for evidence?

And Trump claimed Huawei is spying on its citizens yet after a while he's reversed himself and accepted the same corporation.

In other words, in the world of politics many lies are told.
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Nobody: 11:36pm On Jun 30, 2019
this is a WAR over your meat and 2 veg grin grin grin

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by DameB(f): 11:42pm On Jun 30, 2019
There are cattle rearers overseas. Let there be ranches in the north. It's not right to force nomads on the whole country. This is not oil and gas. The funds from cattle sales aren't for the national coffers

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Nobody: 11:50pm On Jun 30, 2019
CGMedia:
The Presidency, on Sunday, said the proposed Ruga settlement is aimed at addressing the lingering farmer/herder clashes across the country, Igbere TV reports.

It was reacting to comments and controversies the plan had generated on social media in the past few weeks.

In a statement issued to Igbere TV by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, he said;



http://igberetvnews.com/807690/presidency-speaks-on-ruga-settlement-plan-for-herdsmen/

L

Take ur RUGA to the north

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by King44(m): 11:56pm On Jun 30, 2019
CGMedia:
The Presidency, on Sunday, said the proposed Ruga settlement is aimed at addressing the lingering farmer/herder clashes across the country, Igbere TV reports.

It was reacting to comments and controversies the plan had generated on social media in the past few weeks.

In a statement issued to Igbere TV by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, he said;



http://igberetvnews.com/807690/presidency-speaks-on-ruga-settlement-plan-for-herdsmen/

L
Is like they don't understand how Fulani's operate, or the government is just playing dumb, you give them a plot today, tomorrow they bring more families, three days later they would subject the community to serious attack trying to claim their lands and the community would want to fight back after long silence what happens next more lives are lost, property lost, family lost, land lost, farmland lost, mention one community that has welcomed the migrant fulanis probably given them land except the north that is not facing threats at the moment
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Sammyblaq(m): 12:01am On Jul 01, 2019
Animal Science State. #Ass

Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by fireback: 12:03am On Jul 01, 2019
RUGA means release your lands to your killers or be killed willingly.
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Karnice600: 12:18am On Jul 01, 2019
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This is how it is done in saner climes.

We remembered how we used to live as brothers as sisters in our darling nation with these same Fulani herdsmen.
The times we gave water and food to herdsmen journeying across the nation as they go on their business peacefully,
Just with their sticks and kettles for their prayers,
that was all before the evil and criminal minded politicians begun sponsoring some of them for evil because they want to remain in power forever.


Nigeria will be great again in our lifetime in Jesus name!
We believe in our darling President Muhammadu Buhari, a man after God's heart to always make the best decision for our darling nation to move forward.

May God Almighty continue to give you more wisdom. knowledge and understanding as you move our nation forward.

Children of hate and perdition, supporters of evil, you will all never end well.
No be curse, na fact!



OK. Do you rear cattle ?
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by MANNABBQGRILLS: 12:18am On Jul 01, 2019
Benekruku:


God bless your Mother.

Na baby she born.


Not all this pikins littering Nairaland
God bless you too bro.
It is always beautiful and refreshing to see that we still have reasonable people on this forum .
With people like you, the future of our nation is secured.

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Calculating: 12:25am On Jul 01, 2019
somehow:
Common reading dey hard una.

FG doesn't own lands in the states, they can only tell state govts their plans, it's left for the state to tap in according to what was stated in the article.

12 states have tapped in and signed documents to release lands. the rest 24 aren't ready and haven't been forced to.

Our problem in this country are the people who have decided to not be exposed or think like exposed people without resorting to ethnicism and religion.

Las las, na the poor people go still suffer lack of development, later start eating the next in line (comfortable people living around them)


Always be properly informed, why establish Ruga settlement in Benue State that has rejected it if you don't have a sinister plan?

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by LAFOCUZY: 12:28am On Jul 01, 2019
*Let’s Talk RUGA aka Fulani Cattle Colonies*

The Buhari Administration has commenced construction of Cattle Colonies, rebranded “RUGA” in 36 States of Nigeria. The project has started in Kotongora, Niger State on a 31,000-hectare piece of land. The project will be initially replicated in 12 States with six (6) of such colonies to be constructed in each State.

What is RUGA aka Cattle Colony?

RUGA or Cattle Colony is a SETTLEMENT for Fulani Herdsmen, their families and cattle/livestock. It will contain ranches, grass or feed farms, abattoirs, dairy, meat and skin/leather processing plants, housing, religious houses, schools, roads, power and water supplies and the complete range of infrastructure required to support and sustain an ultra-modern local government area .

Okay, lets talk now

FACTS FIRST.

1. Taking a cue from the first RUGA in Kotongora in Niger State, the land size or landmass of each RUGA is at least 31,000 hectares of land or 310 SQUARE KILOMETERS. That is the size of an average Local Government Area (LGA) in many States in Nigeria. The average size of an LGA in the South East is 331 sqkms and in the South West, 574 sqkm. Lagos State has the least average LGA size at 179 sqKm, Imo State has average LGA size of 205sqkm, Akwa Ibom State – 229sqkm, Anambra 231sqkm and Osun State has average LGA size at 308 sqkm just to mention a few. At 310 sqkms in size, a RUGA or Fulani Cattle Colony is the size of a Local Government Area in Nigeria.

2. Buhari’s RUGA aka Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colony is an exclusive settlement for Fulani Herders and their families.

3. Buhari’s RUGA program will establish six (6) such exclusive Fulani settlements in each of the thirty-six (36) States in Nigeria. In the result, at completion of the program there will be two hundred and sixteen (216) new exclusive Fulani Local Government Areas in Nigeria.

4. Nigeria has seven hundred and seventy-four (774) LGAs decreed in the Military Decree falsely called Nigerian Constitution 1999. Nigeria is ruled by Military Decree imposed by force of arms. Nigeria has had no agreed Constitution made by the people since the Military abrogated the Independence Constitution. Let’s leave the Constitution fraud for another day.

5. The current population of Nigeria is about two hundred million, eight hundred and twenty-eight thousand and eight hundred and twenty-four (200,828,824) people as at 26 June 2019. Given the fact in “4” above, the average population of a Local Government Area in Nigeria is roughly two hundred and sixty thousand (260,000) people.

6. Given the facts in “3” and “5” above, Buhari’s RUGA program on completion is projected to increase the Fulani population in Nigeria by FIFTY-SIX MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND (56,160,000) Fulanis. There about Thirteen Million (13,000,000) Fulanis in Nigeria presently which is 6.3% of Nigeria’s population according to CIA Factbook on Nigeria. In effect, Buhari’s RUGA program on completion will see Nigeria with a projected total Fulani Population of SIXTY-NINE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND (69,160,000), 4.32-fold increase in population.

7. The implication of “7” above is that at the completion of Buhari’s RUGA program, the Fulani will have arguably become the most populous nationality in Nigeria (in todays population figure terms) having outgrown the Hausa (25.1% or about 50.4 Million), the Yoruba (21% or about 42.2 Million) and the Igbo (18% or about 32.2 Million). In one fell swoop the Fulani becomes the majority nationality in Nigeria. The Tripod balance in Nigeria becomes quad-legged.

8. It is fact that Buhari has himself stated that Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists who are engaged in massacres and pillage in Nigeria are not Nigerian citizens. In other words, the Fulani herders are alien non-Nigerians. Governor El Rufai of Kaduna State has also said about the same. Several powerful sources in Nigeria have repeatedly confirmed that the Fulani herders causing mayhem in Nigeria are aliens from across West and Central Africa. Nigerians are generally agreed that the Fulani herders and terrorists engaged in land grab and terrorist activities in Nigeria are non-Nigerians from West and Central Africa.

9. It is also fact that the advent of Buhari’s RUGA program or Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colony program was preceded by increased Fulani Herdsmen Terrorist activity and land grab in the Middle Belt and elsewhere in Nigeria. It was also preceded by militant advocacy by Miyetti Allah for grazing routes and grazing reserves to be established in the Middle Belt and Southern States of Nigeria in particular. Without doubt, Buhari has himself pronounced the fact that his RUGA or Fulani Cattle Colony program is meant to resettle the Fulani Herdsmen and satisfy the demands of Miyetti Allah!

10. Nearly all States from the Middle Belt to Southern Nigeria vehemently rejected the Buhari Fulani Cattle Colony program and refused to allocate land in their states as demanded by Buhari. Notwithstanding that rejection of the Cattle Colony Program, Buhari opted to rebrand the program as RUGA and to instead, to use existing Federal Government owned land in the States.

11. It is also a fact that in addition to FGN owned land in the States, Buhari has sponsored an Executive Bill in the National Assembly to enable the FGN to acquire all rivers and their river- banks in Nigeria. Nigerians view Buhari’s Rivers/River-bank acquisition Bill as a consistent and integral part of his RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colony land grab.

Implications of the facts of RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colonies program.

The first and immediate question arising from Buhari’s RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colony program is why, by what justification, and on the basis of which law of Nigeria would Buhari undertake such massive immigration and resettlement of foreigners (West and Central African Fulanis) in Nigeria and on indigenous Nigerian lands. Certainly neither Nigerian Immigration law nor ECOWAS laws permit non citizens to enter Nigeria without passports. Why would Buhari pursue such a most expensive massive immigration program to import and resettle more than 59 million foreigners on Nigerian lands at a time Nigeria I already over-populated and searching for effective means of population control?

When the World’s most powerful country, USA is building a wall on its Mexican border to stop a flow of only a few hundred thousand refugees, Buhari does the opposite by throwing Nigerian Northern borders open and using Nigerian tax payers funds to invite and fund more than 59 million foreign Fulani for resettlement on indigenous lands at a time Nigerians are in hunger, penury and hunger.

There is no refugee problem or war in West and Central Africa that could be said to instigate such massive immigration of African Fulanis to Nigeria. Even so, refugees are usually provided temporary shelter in camps, not permanent settlement and such refugee programs are at the costs of the United Nations .

These Buhari foreign Fulanis are not refugees. These foreign Fulanis are in Nigeria in contravention of Nigerian Immigration Laws. So why is Buhari seeking to forcefully legitimise and resettle illegal immigrants on indigenous lands of Nigerians?
Why do these Buhari foreign Fulanis carry AK47 and other military grade weapons freely and openly across the borders of Nigeria and all over the States of Nigeria.

Even so, why have Nigerian Army, Police and Security Services failed and or refused to enforce Nigerian gun laws against these Fulanis? The Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists, Bandits/Kidnappers are known to have been engaged in terrorist activity all over Nigeria and continue to do so.

Why is Buhari rewarding terrorists and criminals with resettlement on Nigerian indigenous lands? Why would government reward terrorists rather than prosecute them? Above all why would terrorists be resettled on the lands of other indigenous nations of Nigeria? Why is Buhari bent of introducing whole 6 new Local Government Areas full of terrorists in States of other indigenous nations of Nigeria? Why would any state or nation accept such terrorist communities of foreign hostile citizens?

The nationality question

Nigerian nations have boiling unresolved nationality questions. It is not only provocation of the most insensitive and inhumane nature for Buhari to seek to introduce exclusive Fulani LGAs into native lands of other indigenous nations of Nigeria. RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colony introduces and creates 6 new exclusive Fulani LGAs in every State of Nigeria.

By implication indigenous Nigerian Nations are compelled by Federal Presidential power to have the Fulani who are alien to their lands to inherit and permanently retain part of their indigenous land as Fulani homeland. Imagine 30 Fulani LGAs planted strategically all over the South East, or 36 of such LGAs scattered strategically all over Yorubaland or in the Middle Belt and South South?

Would Buhari create exclusive Igbo or Yoruba or Ijaw or Idoma or Efik or Ibibio or Urobo or Tiv LGAs in Sokoto, Kano, Zamfara etc? If not why would Buhari pursue RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colonies program against the objections of States of the Middlebelt and Southern Nigeria?

Discrimination comparable only to Apartheid

The Fulani Exclusiveness of RUGA and the use of Federal Funds to build whole new ultra-modern LGAs with facilities not available to the other LGAs of the natives or indigenous Nigerians is nothing short of APARTHEID! Apartheid is impermissible and unacceptable in Nigeria.

Religious, way of lif, governance and socio political implications

RUGA/Cattle Colony is an LGA. With the herdsmen come their families and the full facilities of human settlements. Being exclusively Fulani, therefore the LGA becomes exclusively Moslem.

The LGA must come with Mosques for worship. With the LGA being exclusively Islamic, comes Sharia Courts and Sharia Law, along with Sharia police within the LGA in order to meet the religious and way of life needs of the settlers.

With it comes the need for Emirs or District heads. In one fell swoop suddenly each State in the South East, South South, South West, Middle Belt and other Christian and animist nations, must necessarily legitimise Sharia Law given 6 Sharia LGAs in their States. Inevitably Sharia Law must then be declared and recognised in all States of Nigeria. And boom, Nigeria has become a Sharia country!

Along with Sharia law becoming operational in all States of Nigeria follows Emirates being declared in those States and then demands for more Sharia LGAs and more land and then claims of right to govern the States and so on and so forth!

Legitimate Fulani rights innevitably arise to demand that each State of Nigeria make provisions to accommodate their language whether Fulfude or Hausa in the State Schools and public media broadcasts. The demand for both Sharia Law and dual language in each State of Nigeria would be perfectly legitimate. Why not?

A new ethnic group in Imo State for instance that has 6 LGAs as its homeland plus the original 27 LGAs, would certainly be entitled to have their own language accommodated in Imo Schools and public broadcasts. They will be entitled to vote and be voted for. They will be entitled to have their Sharia Courts and facilities must be dualized to accommodate them and their different way of life. Why not? Are they not also Imolites? After all they have 6 LGA homelands in Imo State. The same must unavoidably happen in all other States in Nigeria where RUGA is implemented, except in Northern States that are totally Sharia Statess.

Their Emirs must seat in the Imo House of Chiefs or traditional rulers and when it becomes one of their turns, an Emir will become the Head of the Imo Council of Ezes! Same must inevitably happen in all relevant States in Nigeria.

In effect, every State in Nigeria suddenly must as a legitimate necessity double up language, culture, judiciary, governance, traditional leadership and all aspects of their lives with the Fulani.

This must be what former President Obasanjo foresaw and accurately described as Fulanisation and Islamisation of Nigeria.

Will Buhari create Igbo and Yoruba Customary Law Courts in Sokoto, Kano, Katsina and in all Northern Moslem States of Nigeria? If not, why not?

Will Buhari also set up a RUGA for the Igbo, Yoruba, Ijaw, Idoma and all other tribes of Nigeria so that Nigeria can be “Igbonised”, “Yorubanised”, “Ijawnised”, “Idomanised”, “Tivinised”, “Ibibionised”, “Edonised”, “Igbiranised”, “efikinised”, “urobonised” and “all kind of nized” with all etnic groups in Nigeria and Christianised and ” animistinized” ?

RUGA/Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colony is outright declaration of Jihad! It won’t work without declaration of war against the indigenous nations of Nigeria and defeating them in a war of conquest!

In RUGA/Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colonies, his Rivers & Riverbanks Bill and support for and protection of Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists plus romance and collaboration with Miyetti Allah, Buhari is directly and indirectly making and levying war against Nigeria .

RUGA/Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colony program is the largest illegal migration in human history in terms of its size. It is unprecedented. It is also the greatest Jihad by stealth being executed through abuse and misuse of Presidential power and privillage to not only attempt to permanently enforce Fulani Caliphate colonisation of Nigeria, but also carry out eventual fulanisation and islamisation of Nigeria without open declaration of war against the indigenous nations of Nigeria.

Every indigenous Nigerian has a duty to resist this Buhari Jihad. Any indigenous nation that accepts RUGA is already on their way to extinction from the face of the earth before they realise it. Ask the Housa Kingdoms of the North or the nations of the Middle Belt that have had to live a life of endless wars of self preservation against the Fulani Caliphate perpertual Jihad.

Nnamdi Elekwachi

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Staro: 12:30am On Jul 01, 2019
nototribalist:
APC shouldn't forget that SE and SS didn't vote for Buhari so we don't deserve it so they should please carry all the Fulanis and their families to South West cos they are the accommodators of Africa.

I miss Constituted authority he would've collected the N1 billion since, even Fulani herdsmen would've started work(killing) by now



Exactly
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by karma2000: 12:31am On Jul 01, 2019
Ok
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by somehow: 12:37am On Jul 01, 2019
Please show us where it was established/rejected.

Show us proof that it has been established or that it was rejected.

You can't establish if the state governor rejects it, 98% of the state land constitutionally belongs to the state and FG can't do anything about it except on small portions of lands that constitutionally belongs to the FG in each state of the federation and no where was it written that FG lands were being used for such.



Finish

Calculating:


Always be properly informed, why establish Ruga settlement in Benue State that has rejected it if you don't have a sinister plan?
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by LikeCool(m): 12:38am On Jul 01, 2019
CGMedia:
The Presidency, on Sunday, said the proposed Ruga settlement is aimed at addressing the lingering farmer/herder clashes across the country, Igbere TV reports.

It was reacting to comments and controversies the plan had generated on social media in the past few weeks.

In a statement issued to Igbere TV by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, he said;



http://igberetvnews.com/807690/presidency-speaks-on-ruga-settlement-plan-for-herdsmen/

L

They don't want to state the obvious that these fulani herdsmen terrorists are killing innocent citizens, rather they are calling it farmers/herders clash.

Nonsense
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by somehow: 12:42am On Jul 01, 2019
Uninformed people everywhere. So it's only Fulani that are herdsmen? who even joined me with these kind of people that reason backwardly?
LAFOCUZY:
*Let’s Talk RUGA aka Fulani Cattle Colonies*

The Buhari Administration has commenced construction of Cattle Colonies, rebranded “RUGA” in 36 States of Nigeria. The project has started in Kotongora, Niger State on a 31,000-hectare piece of land. The project will be initially replicated in 12 States with six (6) of such colonies to be constructed in each State.

What is RUGA aka Cattle Colony?

RUGA or Cattle Colony is a SETTLEMENT for Fulani Herdsmen, their families and cattle/livestock. It will contain ranches, grass or feed farms, abattoirs, dairy, meat and skin/leather processing plants, housing, religious houses, schools, roads, power and water supplies and the complete range of infrastructure required to support and sustain an ultra-modern local government area .

Okay, lets talk now

FACTS FIRST.

1. Taking a cue from the first RUGA in Kotongora in Niger State, the land size or landmass of each RUGA is at least 31,000 hectares of land or 310 SQUARE KILOMETERS. That is the size of an average Local Government Area (LGA) in many States in Nigeria. The average size of an LGA in the South East is 331 sqkms and in the South West, 574 sqkm. Lagos State has the least average LGA size at 179 sqKm, Imo State has average LGA size of 205sqkm, Akwa Ibom State – 229sqkm, Anambra 231sqkm and Osun State has average LGA size at 308 sqkm just to mention a few. At 310 sqkms in size, a RUGA or Fulani Cattle Colony is the size of a Local Government Area in Nigeria.

2. Buhari’s RUGA aka Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colony is an exclusive settlement for Fulani Herders and their families.

3. Buhari’s RUGA program will establish six (6) such exclusive Fulani settlements in each of the thirty-six (36) States in Nigeria. In the result, at completion of the program there will be two hundred and sixteen (216) new exclusive Fulani Local Government Areas in Nigeria.

4. Nigeria has seven hundred and seventy-four (774) LGAs decreed in the Military Decree falsely called Nigerian Constitution 1999. Nigeria is ruled by Military Decree imposed by force of arms. Nigeria has had no agreed Constitution made by the people since the Military abrogated the Independence Constitution. Let’s leave the Constitution fraud for another day.

5. The current population of Nigeria is about two hundred million, eight hundred and twenty-eight thousand and eight hundred and twenty-four (200,828,824) people as at 26 June 2019. Given the fact in “4” above, the average population of a Local Government Area in Nigeria is roughly two hundred and sixty thousand (260,000) people.

6. Given the facts in “3” and “5” above, Buhari’s RUGA program on completion is projected to increase the Fulani population in Nigeria by FIFTY-SIX MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND (56,160,000) Fulanis. There about Thirteen Million (13,000,000) Fulanis in Nigeria presently which is 6.3% of Nigeria’s population according to CIA Factbook on Nigeria. In effect, Buhari’s RUGA program on completion will see Nigeria with a projected total Fulani Population of SIXTY-NINE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND (69,160,000), 4.32-fold increase in population.

7. The implication of “7” above is that at the completion of Buhari’s RUGA program, the Fulani will have arguably become the most populous nationality in Nigeria (in todays population figure terms) having outgrown the Hausa (25.1% or about 50.4 Million), the Yoruba (21% or about 42.2 Million) and the Igbo (18% or about 32.2 Million). In one fell swoop the Fulani becomes the majority nationality in Nigeria. The Tripod balance in Nigeria becomes quad-legged.

8. It is fact that Buhari has himself stated that Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists who are engaged in massacres and pillage in Nigeria are not Nigerian citizens. In other words, the Fulani herders are alien non-Nigerians. Governor El Rufai of Kaduna State has also said about the same. Several powerful sources in Nigeria have repeatedly confirmed that the Fulani herders causing mayhem in Nigeria are aliens from across West and Central Africa. Nigerians are generally agreed that the Fulani herders and terrorists engaged in land grab and terrorist activities in Nigeria are non-Nigerians from West and Central Africa.

9. It is also fact that the advent of Buhari’s RUGA program or Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colony program was preceded by increased Fulani Herdsmen Terrorist activity and land grab in the Middle Belt and elsewhere in Nigeria. It was also preceded by militant advocacy by Miyetti Allah for grazing routes and grazing reserves to be established in the Middle Belt and Southern States of Nigeria in particular. Without doubt, Buhari has himself pronounced the fact that his RUGA or Fulani Cattle Colony program is meant to resettle the Fulani Herdsmen and satisfy the demands of Miyetti Allah!

10. Nearly all States from the Middle Belt to Southern Nigeria vehemently rejected the Buhari Fulani Cattle Colony program and refused to allocate land in their states as demanded by Buhari. Notwithstanding that rejection of the Cattle Colony Program, Buhari opted to rebrand the program as RUGA and to instead, to use existing Federal Government owned land in the States.

11. It is also a fact that in addition to FGN owned land in the States, Buhari has sponsored an Executive Bill in the National Assembly to enable the FGN to acquire all rivers and their river- banks in Nigeria. Nigerians view Buhari’s Rivers/River-bank acquisition Bill as a consistent and integral part of his RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colony land grab.

Implications of the facts of RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colonies program.

The first and immediate question arising from Buhari’s RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colony program is why, by what justification, and on the basis of which law of Nigeria would Buhari undertake such massive immigration and resettlement of foreigners (West and Central African Fulanis) in Nigeria and on indigenous Nigerian lands. Certainly neither Nigerian Immigration law nor ECOWAS laws permit non citizens to enter Nigeria without passports. Why would Buhari pursue such a most expensive massive immigration program to import and resettle more than 59 million foreigners on Nigerian lands at a time Nigeria I already over-populated and searching for effective means of population control?

When the World’s most powerful country, USA is building a wall on its Mexican border to stop a flow of only a few hundred thousand refugees, Buhari does the opposite by throwing Nigerian Northern borders open and using Nigerian tax payers funds to invite and fund more than 59 million foreign Fulani for resettlement on indigenous lands at a time Nigerians are in hunger, penury and hunger.

There is no refugee problem or war in West and Central Africa that could be said to instigate such massive immigration of African Fulanis to Nigeria. Even so, refugees are usually provided temporary shelter in camps, not permanent settlement and such refugee programs are at the costs of the United Nations .

These Buhari foreign Fulanis are not refugees. These foreign Fulanis are in Nigeria in contravention of Nigerian Immigration Laws. So why is Buhari seeking to forcefully legitimise and resettle illegal immigrants on indigenous lands of Nigerians?
Why do these Buhari foreign Fulanis carry AK47 and other military grade weapons freely and openly across the borders of Nigeria and all over the States of Nigeria.

Even so, why have Nigerian Army, Police and Security Services failed and or refused to enforce Nigerian gun laws against these Fulanis? The Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists, Bandits/Kidnappers are known to have been engaged in terrorist activity all over Nigeria and continue to do so.

Why is Buhari rewarding terrorists and criminals with resettlement on Nigerian indigenous lands? Why would government reward terrorists rather than prosecute them? Above all why would terrorists be resettled on the lands of other indigenous nations of Nigeria? Why is Buhari bent of introducing whole 6 new Local Government Areas full of terrorists in States of other indigenous nations of Nigeria? Why would any state or nation accept such terrorist communities of foreign hostile citizens?

The nationality question

Nigerian nations have boiling unresolved nationality questions. It is not only provocation of the most insensitive and inhumane nature for Buhari to seek to introduce exclusive Fulani LGAs into native lands of other indigenous nations of Nigeria. RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colony introduces and creates 6 new exclusive Fulani LGAs in every State of Nigeria.

By implication indigenous Nigerian Nations are compelled by Federal Presidential power to have the Fulani who are alien to their lands to inherit and permanently retain part of their indigenous land as Fulani homeland. Imagine 30 Fulani LGAs planted strategically all over the South East, or 36 of such LGAs scattered strategically all over Yorubaland or in the Middle Belt and South South?

Would Buhari create exclusive Igbo or Yoruba or Ijaw or Idoma or Efik or Ibibio or Urobo or Tiv LGAs in Sokoto, Kano, Zamfara etc? If not why would Buhari pursue RUGA/Fulani Cattle Colonies program against the objections of States of the Middlebelt and Southern Nigeria?

Discrimination comparable only to Apartheid

The Fulani Exclusiveness of RUGA and the use of Federal Funds to build whole new ultra-modern LGAs with facilities not available to the other LGAs of the natives or indigenous Nigerians is nothing short of APARTHEID! Apartheid is impermissible and unacceptable in Nigeria.

Religious, way of lif, governance and socio political implications

RUGA/Cattle Colony is an LGA. With the herdsmen come their families and the full facilities of human settlements. Being exclusively Fulani, therefore the LGA becomes exclusively Moslem.

The LGA must come with Mosques for worship. With the LGA being exclusively Islamic, comes Sharia Courts and Sharia Law, along with Sharia police within the LGA in order to meet the religious and way of life needs of the settlers.

With it comes the need for Emirs or District heads. In one fell swoop suddenly each State in the South East, South South, South West, Middle Belt and other Christian and animist nations, must necessarily legitimise Sharia Law given 6 Sharia LGAs in their States. Inevitably Sharia Law must then be declared and recognised in all States of Nigeria. And boom, Nigeria has become a Sharia country!

Along with Sharia law becoming operational in all States of Nigeria follows Emirates being declared in those States and then demands for more Sharia LGAs and more land and then claims of right to govern the States and so on and so forth!

Legitimate Fulani rights innevitably arise to demand that each State of Nigeria make provisions to accommodate their language whether Fulfude or Hausa in the State Schools and public media broadcasts. The demand for both Sharia Law and dual language in each State of Nigeria would be perfectly legitimate. Why not?

A new ethnic group in Imo State for instance that has 6 LGAs as its homeland plus the original 27 LGAs, would certainly be entitled to have their own language accommodated in Imo Schools and public broadcasts. They will be entitled to vote and be voted for. They will be entitled to have their Sharia Courts and facilities must be dualized to accommodate them and their different way of life. Why not? Are they not also Imolites? After all they have 6 LGA homelands in Imo State. The same must unavoidably happen in all other States in Nigeria where RUGA is implemented, except in Northern States that are totally Sharia Statess.

Their Emirs must seat in the Imo House of Chiefs or traditional rulers and when it becomes one of their turns, an Emir will become the Head of the Imo Council of Ezes! Same must inevitably happen in all relevant States in Nigeria.

In effect, every State in Nigeria suddenly must as a legitimate necessity double up language, culture, judiciary, governance, traditional leadership and all aspects of their lives with the Fulani.

This must be what former President Obasanjo foresaw and accurately described as Fulanisation and Islamisation of Nigeria.

Will Buhari create Igbo and Yoruba Customary Law Courts in Sokoto, Kano, Katsina and in all Northern Moslem States of Nigeria? If not, why not?

Will Buhari also set up a RUGA for the Igbo, Yoruba, Ijaw, Idoma and all other tribes of Nigeria so that Nigeria can be “Igbonised”, “Yorubanised”, “Ijawnised”, “Idomanised”, “Tivinised”, “Ibibionised”, “Edonised”, “Igbiranised”, “efikinised”, “urobonised” and “all kind of nized” with all etnic groups in Nigeria and Christianised and ” animistinized” ?

RUGA/Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colony is outright declaration of Jihad! It won’t work without declaration of war against the indigenous nations of Nigeria and defeating them in a war of conquest!

In RUGA/Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colonies, his Rivers & Riverbanks Bill and support for and protection of Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists plus romance and collaboration with Miyetti Allah, Buhari is directly and indirectly making and levying war against Nigeria .

RUGA/Fulani Herdsmen Cattle Colony program is the largest illegal migration in human history in terms of its size. It is unprecedented. It is also the greatest Jihad by stealth being executed through abuse and misuse of Presidential power and privillage to not only attempt to permanently enforce Fulani Caliphate colonisation of Nigeria, but also carry out eventual fulanisation and islamisation of Nigeria without open declaration of war against the indigenous nations of Nigeria.

Every indigenous Nigerian has a duty to resist this Buhari Jihad. Any indigenous nation that accepts RUGA is already on their way to extinction from the face of the earth before they realise it. Ask the Housa Kingdoms of the North or the nations of the Middle Belt that have had to live a life of endless wars of self preservation against the Fulani Caliphate perpertual Jihad.

Nnamdi Elekwachi
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by LAFOCUZY: 12:53am On Jul 01, 2019
This amount of money the FG intends to spend on the controversial RUGA project can be peacefully spent on building a dam dedicated to creating a grass land for the herds men. With technology you can do much more and avert the impending conflict this might cause. This
is clearly doable unless there is a sinister intention behind the RUGA project.

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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by freg2000: 12:57am On Jul 01, 2019
CGMedia:
The Presidency, on Sunday, said the proposed Ruga settlement is aimed at addressing the lingering farmer/herder clashes across the country, Igbere TV reports.

It was reacting to comments and controversies the plan had generated on social media in the past few weeks.

In a statement issued to Igbere TV by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, he said;



http://igberetvnews.com/807690/presidency-speaks-on-ruga-settlement-plan-for-herdsmen/

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Na this kind carrot and stick approach on fulani agenda go cause kasala for me and Buhari.
Na so so way Usman dan Fodio take Islamic Ruga conquer all Hausa land.
If you accept Ruga ,mark my word. Ilorin formula is loading in other Yorubaland
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by yeniyeni(m): 12:57am On Jul 01, 2019
Does fulani pay tax? Why is it that the federal government is so concerned about this Fulani's? Nigeria has lost hope in this government. No unity in Nigeria at all.
Bihari claimed the herdsmen killing are from neighboring countries, why will he now want to allocate land to foreigner who have been killing and destroying our land
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by englishman411(m): 1:08am On Jul 01, 2019
Satanic lies from the pit of hell,God Forbids it.
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Daguccizgreat(m): 1:12am On Jul 01, 2019
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This is how it is done in saner climes.

We remembered how we used to live as brothers as sisters in our darling nation with these same Fulani herdsmen.
The times we gave water and food to herdsmen journeying across the nation as they go on their business peacefully,
Just with their sticks and kettles for their prayers,
that was all before the evil and criminal minded politicians begun sponsoring some of them for evil because they want to remain in power forever.


Nigeria will be great again in our lifetime in Jesus name!
We believe in our darling President Muhammadu Buhari, a man after God's heart to always make the best decision for our darling nation to move forward.

May God Almighty continue to give you more wisdom. knowledge and understanding as you move our nation forward.

Children of hate and perdition, supporters of evil, you will all never end well.
No be curse, na fact!

Who are the evil and criminal minded fellows giving them arms if not your Lord Buhari and his brothers up north. Zombie man with zombie brain
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by arrestdarrester: 1:16am On Jul 01, 2019
Mallam Alimi must have told Afonja about Ruga.
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by megareal: 1:27am On Jul 01, 2019
We shouldn't just wail and protest, we should all be prepared in case they try to force it on us. Buhari doesn't hide his plan. The man came with a mission and he prefers to die trying. RUGA my foot.
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Nobody: 1:37am On Jul 01, 2019
Benekruku:



God bless Your Parents!

Na Cerelac you chop as as a baby.

Not all this pikins littering Nairaland wey na pap dem drink till dem start to waka


He is your fellow Islamist
Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Benekruku(m): 1:39am On Jul 01, 2019
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He is your fellow Islamist
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Re: Ruga Settlement Is To Resolve Farmer/Herder Conflicts - Presidency by Nobody: 1:50am On Jul 01, 2019
rusher14:
People shouting nonsense up and down.

The federal government is not talking about your state.

Those that have shown interest would be involved.



Islamist stop lying.

Benue and Taraba state people and government have rejected it but Buhari still went on to take their land.

The Fulani herdsmen are illegal immigrants, why is Buhari trying to set camps for then all over Nigeria?

Nigerian Fulanis own the cows but employ their brothers from other West African countries.

Buhari have confirmed several times that the herdsmen are foreigners from Mali, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Niger Republic, Chad and even Libya.
Buhari even claimed that PDP politicians are behind the herdsmen and refused to arrest Miyetti-Allah even when they claimed responsibilities of most of the attack.

Why should Nigerians donate their land to illegal immigrant Fulani jihadist herdsmen for peace to reign?

YOU'RE SUPPORTING THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ISLAMIST, THE WOLRD IS WATCHING AND IT WILL BACKFIRE YOU.

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