Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Southern part of Nigeria, has challenged the Federal Government to explain why it gives preferential treatment to cattle rearers and turns its back against other farmers. CAN issued the query in a statement, against the background of concerns raised by the suspended RUGA settlement project.

It, however, cautioned the people of southern Nigeria to remain cautious even with the suspension of the controversial RUGA settlement for herdsmen.

In a statement by Secretary of CAN in the 17 southern states, Dr. Joseph Ajujungwa, the body of clergy said the suspension of the programme by President Muhammadu Buhari may not be the end of the matter.

CAN suspected that underground work was still going on over the RUGA Project.

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He called on every southerner to be watchful, stressing that even as the churches pray, they don’t need to keep quiet on such matters.

Ajujungwa said: “We do not have land to give to anybody as a grazing field or colony and we call on the South-East governors to maintain their stand that they do not have such a place. Do you know what it means to give 10 hectares of land to herdsmen? We say no to that.

“As CAN, we will preach it from our pulpit. Every Imam should preach from the mosque and the traditionalists should stand against it; nobody should relent; no land should be given. Any traditional ruler that does that should be dethroned.”
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CAN go dey cause confusion for the all the time the president is not a Christian...only God can this country from all these elites

Preferential treatment?
Government have been giving out "preferential treatment" to farmers and other industries right from time.
Apart from this Ruga of a thing that may have beneffited them im yet to see how they have been aided unlike others.

CAN should start rearing cows too and start moving from place to place. Shikena! Afterall, CAN members are doing other businesses too like University business, bottle water business, private jet business, book publishing by interpreting the Bible for dumb followers, even rape and homosexual business.

CAN is right here.
Government can assist the herders. But they should not take peoples land

youghs:
CAN go dey cause confusion for the all the time the president is not a Christian...only God can this country from all these elites

The guy currently in Aso Rock has hearing problem, he does not hear what idiots say.

BeLookingIDIOT:
Preferential treatment?
Government have been giving out "preferential treatment" to farmers and other industries right from time.
Apart from this Ruga of a thing that may have beneffited them im yet to see how they have been aided unlike others.

The government never collected lands for farmers all over Nigeria as they plan to do for ruga

BeLookingIDIOT:
Preferential treatment?
Government have been giving out "preferential treatment" to farmers and other industries right from time.
Apart from this Ruga of a thing that may have beneffited them im yet to see how they have been aided unlike others.

CAN members built several private and religious universities charging very high fees, yet these thieves brought themselves together and requested that government should be giving them subventions and funding them the same way government fund government universities and now they are complaining that government is providing amenities for herdsmen.

I support RUGA. I support RUGA in Sambisa Forest and all the part of the North.