Ctorch:




Imagine,

what are you talking sef sire.?

Edo state na Yoruba state oooo. Even the other day the letter written by alaafin to buhari , he named Edo state as Yoruba territory.

Please make your research well.....Edo na Yoruba get am.



See the letter of Alaafin to Buhari


"Titled, ‘Yoruba Question in Nigeria Conundrum,’ Alaafin wrote, “I have never been timid or failed in my total support for the success of your administration. My confidence had always been based on Your Excellency’s ability, fitness and competence in leading the country to the Promised Land, where law and order will prevail, individual liberty is guaranteed and economic wellbeing of the citizens is assured.
“In recent time, however, I am worried about the security situation in the country, especially in the South-West geo-political zone, nay the entire Yoruba-speaking area of the country, including Kwara, Kogi and Edo states."





please argue with facts.

Edo state, there are five major ethnic groups — Bini (Edo), Afemai, Esan, Owan and Akoko-Edo. However, Bini-speaking people occupy the most local governments in the state — seven out of 18 LGAs.

Astark:
ruga suspended? If you believed that then you can believe everything, didn't you read the part he said the fg is still trying to force Edo into the Ruga nonsense?..

My friend in south west told me some governors their have already giving land to ruga, they don't just want to anger the public

That's not enough, he should tell us how FG is trying to force Edo state into Ruga. To me, the man is just looking for sympathy. And what a way to get it other than hiding under a burning national issue. Nigeria politicians and insincerity are like 5 and 6, I'm not falling for this shiit.

Governors seeking second term will not openly support ruga. The best bet is to kick them out. If they get elected the second term they will announce their support for ruga.

Duggedised12:
My wake and see governor is smart.

If you want to own a land ,go and buy as an individual just like poultry and pig farmers do. Nobody is giving you free land,if you want free land,go to samibisia, if sambisia is not enough ,then use the entire north and keep the taxes and other benefits that come with it . its that simple.

The Fulani's/herdsmen don't pay taxes.

F.G suspended RUGA matter but not done with it.
This governor has proven beyond any doubt that the F.G is bent on carrying it out unannounced.
NO TO RUGA AND WATCH YOUR LAND.
THIS GOVERNMENT WANTS TO GO AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE BY ACQUIRING LAND BY FORCE TO GIVE TO THE FULANI PEOPLE.

Karatum:


The Fulani's/herdsmen don't pay taxes.

i know just added it incase they think other regions need their tax to increase their gdp and thrive they can keep it in the north

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It's sure bet sambisa is the best option no matter how Buhari and his deceit gangs try to play the game it won't work.


God has be so clever when you look at Nigeria Map it's clear the way the land was divided for each region by Benue and Niger River for everyone to know where their land ends and if anyone needs to cross to other people's region for land it must be with mutual agreement with respect for the land owner but not by killing, raping and intimidating the owner it won't work.

There are enough land in the North for RUGA and that is final.

There is absolute freedom of movement in Nigeria *BUT* there is NO room in our constitution that allow free killing, free raping and forceful possession of someone else land or property.

Astark:
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki said his administration will not avail the federal government land for the contentious Ruga settlement in Edo State.

The Governor spoke while giving a lecture on the topic “Challenges of Pastoralism and International Migration for Sustainable Peace and Development: Edo State Experience” at the Department of State Services Institute of Security Studies (Executive Intelligent Management Course 12), in Abuja.

He said the narrative that the pastoral movement and farmer/headers clashes are not related to the security challenges in Nigeria is not true.

His words: “In Edo State, we have found so-called herdsmen with maps in the forests, they clearly cannot be herdsmen who are dependent on their livelihood from their animal assets; that cannot be.

“I think it is important in the context of this discourse to make that distinction between conflict as a result of economic activities, separate from deliberate conflict that is related to other issues like insurgency and terrorism.”

The Governor said over the years the state has had issues of pastoralists or herdsmen who have come to parts of the South, Edo State using grazing routes and mixing with locals.

“Our approach is, animal husbandry is a business just like we have poultry, piggery or what have you, so from that perspective, we want to now upgrade agricultural practices as it relates to livestock.

“During the era of General Babangida, he set up ranches in Edo; we have one in Igarra and several parts of the state. They are either privatized or left fallow, so we are talking to people who purchased them to see how they can be re-activated.

“For us, because it is business like any other private business, the state should not really have much to except we create an enabling environment for those people we want to invest in livestock business.

“So, the issue of giving state land for livestock, it won’t happen in Edo State.

“However, for individuals who have land and they want to go into livestock business like we are supporting people who are doing cassava and others, we as government will support them.”

On how to resolve the incessant herders/farmers conflict, he said: “The Sambisa Grazing Reserve (4800 ha) is an ideal and symbolic place to take-off by establishing a ranch run by the military.

“It would significantly improve the security situation in the zone and encourage cooperation between pastoralists and the military.
“In the North West, the military should also be encouraged to create ranches in the Gidan Jaja Grazing Reserve (565,000 ha) for the same purpose of improving security and cooperation with pastoralists,” the Governor said.

Obaseki said violent extremism, recurrent herder-farmer conflicts, cattle rustling, armed banditry, violent cross-border crimes, insurgency, illegal migration and other forms of crimes have “threaten the fabric of our country. ”

According to him, national cohesion is seriously threatened by the conflict “as many farmers and pastoralists have lost their lives and property in several orgies of violence.

“As we gather here for this lecture, so many Nigerians are living in fear of attack or reprisal attacks due to the growing herders-farmers’ conflict,” he said.

http://www.signalng.com/ruga-will-not-happen-in-edo-state-sambisa-forest-a-better-option-obaseki/

This man is shaking table that many of his APC masters are standing on. I hope he can handle it o

UnitedFront:
Sambisa Forest! Boko Haram abode! We're no longer one in this country. It is one thing to say "there is no land for Ruga in my state", it is entirely different thing to suggest to your fellow citizens to move to Sambisa forest.

what are you saying bro ....the fact your moniker reads " united" does not mean we should be united closing our eyes to death surrounding and looking at us in the face .

Yes I totally support him they should relocate to sambisa forest, afterall boko haram have been proscribed as terrorist group so the govt should do the needful to make sure they vacate sambisa so that the new occupant can park in ...in there they will have enough land they are clamouring for...QED

Astark:
Edo state is Yoruba? I think you don't have sense. How is Edo Yoruba?

Go and study history so you can have more sense

Astark:
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki said his administration will not avail the federal government land for the contentious Ruga settlement in Edo State.

The Governor spoke while giving a lecture on the topic “Challenges of Pastoralism and International Migration for Sustainable Peace and Development: Edo State Experience” at the Department of State Services Institute of Security Studies (Executive Intelligent Management Course 12), in Abuja.

He said the narrative that the pastoral movement and farmer/headers clashes are not related to the security challenges in Nigeria is not true.

His words: “In Edo State, we have found so-called herdsmen with maps in the forests, they clearly cannot be herdsmen who are dependent on their livelihood from their animal assets; that cannot be.

“I think it is important in the context of this discourse to make that distinction between conflict as a result of economic activities, separate from deliberate conflict that is related to other issues like insurgency and terrorism.”

The Governor said over the years the state has had issues of pastoralists or herdsmen who have come to parts of the South, Edo State using grazing routes and mixing with locals.

“Our approach is, animal husbandry is a business just like we have poultry, piggery or what have you, so from that perspective, we want to now upgrade agricultural practices as it relates to livestock.

“During the era of General Babangida, he set up ranches in Edo; we have one in Igarra and several parts of the state. They are either privatized or left fallow, so we are talking to people who purchased them to see how they can be re-activated.

“For us, because it is business like any other private business, the state should not really have much to except we create an enabling environment for those people we want to invest in livestock business.

“So, the issue of giving state land for livestock, it won’t happen in Edo State.

“However, for individuals who have land and they want to go into livestock business like we are supporting people who are doing cassava and others, we as government will support them.”

On how to resolve the incessant herders/farmers conflict, he said: “The Sambisa Grazing Reserve (4800 ha) is an ideal and symbolic place to take-off by establishing a ranch run by the military.

“It would significantly improve the security situation in the zone and encourage cooperation between pastoralists and the military.
“In the North West, the military should also be encouraged to create ranches in the Gidan Jaja Grazing Reserve (565,000 ha) for the same purpose of improving security and cooperation with pastoralists,” the Governor said.

Obaseki said violent extremism, recurrent herder-farmer conflicts, cattle rustling, armed banditry, violent cross-border crimes, insurgency, illegal migration and other forms of crimes have “threaten the fabric of our country. ”

According to him, national cohesion is seriously threatened by the conflict “as many farmers and pastoralists have lost their lives and property in several orgies of violence.

“As we gather here for this lecture, so many Nigerians are living in fear of attack or reprisal attacks due to the growing herders-farmers’ conflict,” he said.

http://www.signalng.com/ruga-will-not-happen-in-edo-state-sambisa-forest-a-better-option-obaseki/

THE GOOD PEOPLE OF EDO STATE SHOULD INVEST IN CATTLE RANCHING THEMSELVES AND TAP INTO THIS MULTI DOLLARS BUSINESS.

WHY MUST AN UNEDUCATED FULANI HERDSMEN COME TO EDO STATE TO TAKE THIS LUCRATIVE BUSINESS FROM THEM.

They not only take the business but they threatened the peasant farmers with death and even destroy their crops.

President Buhari till date has not seen the need to prosecute these killer herdsmen.

Second term political statement.

What is wrong with having Rural Grazing Area in EDO,to cater for many herdsmen that cannot afford individual cattle ranch?

We want peace, yet we do not want to make sacrifice and concessions .So the senseless clashes and killings should continue.

RUGA or no RUGA,Nigerian herdsmen have the right to leave and move to any part of Nigeria.

So why all these rubbish antagonisms?

The bitter truth is Land ,any where in the world, is a source of conflicts,war and deaths.

Thank you sir

Ctorch:




Imagine,

what are you talking sef sire.?

Edo state na Yoruba state oooo. Even the other day the letter written by alaafin to buhari , he named Edo state as Yoruba territory.

Please make your research well.....Edo na Yoruba get am.



See the letter of Alaafin to Buhari


"Titled, ‘Yoruba Question in Nigeria Conundrum,’ Alaafin wrote, “I have never been timid or failed in my total support for the success of your administration. My confidence had always been based on Your Excellency’s ability, fitness and competence in leading the country to the Promised Land, where law and order will prevail, individual liberty is guaranteed and economic wellbeing of the citizens is assured.
“In recent time, however, I am worried about the security situation in the country, especially in the South-West geo-political zone, nay the entire Yoruba-speaking area of the country, including Kwara, Kogi and Edo states."





please argue with facts.

U are d one who isn't arguing with facts cos u haven't stated any fact. U are telling d guy to do his research. Did u do ur own research?

Commanderinpips:


Go and study history so you can have more sense

my guy na you lack sense pass!!!!!!

A very simple matter that should have been solved from a legal point of view. It is pure case of anarchy for a nation that claims it has leaders that are guided by a constitution.

If no individual is allowed to go to another man’s house uninvited to peddle his wares by cornering one of the shops or premises, then illegal encroachment / trespassing by herders on people’s farms must be stopped. That is the position of the law all over the world!

It should also be illegal for livestock to stray and cause unnecessary accidents / incidents on our highways.

Problem solved!!!

That’s what serious nations like Ghana did to curb the avoidable anarchy.

Any solution outside of these is an invitation to pure unrestricted ANARCHY! Pure and simple.

Well said.

Why is this ruga nonsense a national problem
There is enough land in the northern part of nigeria.
Besides this herdsmen stuff is a private business, they need to find a suitable land for them selves.... Which i know there is a better and vast land in the north enough for cows to feed on

If it was during the time Oshiomole, he would've signed in support of RUGA so as to please Buhari without the interest of Edo people.

GoodGovernance:
Second term political statement.

What is wrong with having Rural Grazing Area in EDO,to cater for many herdsmen that cannot afford individual cattle ranch?

RUGA or no RUGA,Nigerian herdsmen have the right to leave and move to in any part of Nigeria.

So why all these rubbish antagonisms?

These Herdsmen have the right to go to any part of the Nigeria to do their business so long as they respect the laws of the state that is hosting them.

But in the case of the herdsmen they are not law abiding and any state that want to make progress will not accommodate a trouble maker that has committed series of large scale murder while moving freely with AK47 rifles without the federal authority under President Muhammadu Buhari prosecuting them .

Again lands in Nigeria is not vested in the federal government.

It is the state that owns land in Nigeria.

If the state says it is not welcoming the herdsmen to be settled under the Ruga Settlement Plan.

There is nothing the federal government can do it has to respect the final decision of the state.

President Buhari has no constitutional power to force Ruga on any state in Nigeria.

Where the federal government has control is only FCT Abuja.

Each state in Nigeria has the constitutional power to make laws that will guide the peace of the state.

RUGA is a BUHARI AGENDA to appropriate the indigenous people lands to his kinsmen.

UnitedFront:
Sambisa Forest! Boko Haram abode! We're no longer one in this country. It is one thing to say "there is no land for Ruga in my state", it is entirely different thing to suggest to your fellow citizens to move to Sambisa forest.

Fulani terrorists and boko she be able to sort themselves out

GoodGovernance:
Second term political statement.

What is wrong with having Rural Grazing Area in EDO,to cater for many herdsmen that cannot afford individual cattle ranch?

RUGA or no RUGA,Nigerian herdsmen have the right to leave and move to in any part of Nigeria.

So why all these rubbish antagonisms?

It is wrong to have RUGA in Edo state because d governor & people of Edo state say it is wrong. D governor suggested sambisa forest. It is large enough to accommodate d needs of Fulani herdsmen. This is apart all d northern states. Y do u then think forcing it down d throat of southern states is d way to go?

Herdsmen have a right to live and move anywhere in Nigeria as long as they are legal migrants& law abiding. So far, they haven't been law abiding. A quick reminder

http://saharareporters.com/2018/01/11/benue-state-buries-73-killed-fulani-herdsmen-0

This is the kind of thinking that created this avoidable problem.

It should be condemned by all and sundry!!!

PS
Imagine! People are now talking about war all over the place. So will it be said that Nigerians fought another civil war over cows and grazing?

Just look around and see all the other problems that are now rearing their heads because of the failure of the government to nip in the bud a very simple matter!!!

GoodGovernance:
Second term political statement.

What is wrong with having Rural Grazing Area in EDO,to cater for many herdsmen that cannot afford individual cattle ranch?

RUGA or no RUGA,Nigerian herdsmen have the right to leave and move to in any part of Nigeria.

So why all these rubbish antagonisms?

Flyingngel:
This Obaseki of a man don't give a sh!t.

My brother, if you are from Edo state and you really know the Obaseki family then you will understand say Oshiomole dey learn work. Obaseki is Bini blood while Oshiomole is not, and the while Bini tribe is solidly behind Obaseki. Even the pdp right now is still behind Obaseki because they see this as an opportunity for him to switch.

Ctorch:
I watched obaseki interview and he was telling his supporters that out of the whole of SE/SS, he is the only APC government.


Seems the man wants to join his people over in pdp...Edo state you welcome to PDP.

So that finally SE/SS will be locked down for pdp....

But you know Edo state are Yoruba, so I think they will prefer to remain in APC with their brothers in SW.........is still okay...... blood is thicker than water.

Stop exposing your ignorance on the front page of a public forum!

When you're ignorant about a topic, don't rush to type jargon especially in a thread like this that is front page bound!

Agreed we want Obaseki in PDP, but you went off the mark when you started typing about Edo being Yoruba and what have you.

Astark:
The fg(buhari And his northern cabals)are trying to force obaseki to summit to ruga with promise of rigging for him. It's a shame that Nigeria has been reduce to Fulani land.

Thank God obaseki has Edo blood in him, he will never sell his birth right. For those bastards Fulani camping in our forests, your heads will soon be used to appease our gods

it's not a matter of Edo. But being a Benin man. Oshiomole is not a Benin man, hence why he can do anything for buhari.

Obaseki is a Benin man and Binis dont take shiit from anyone.

In 2015 in Benin, I and some dude caught a cattle on the request of a man and tied it to a pole. The Fulani cattle rearer came and ask if the cow was fed..

Na beat dem beat and took him to police and back.

Ctorch:
I watched obaseki interview and he was telling his supporters that out of the whole of SE/SS, he is the only APC government.


Seems the man wants to join his people over in pdp...Edo state you welcome to PDP.

So that finally SE/SS will be locked down for pdp....

But you know Edo state are Yoruba, so I think they will prefer to remain in APC with their brothers in SW.........is still okay...... blood is thicker than water.

Edo are not Yoruba

wink2015:


THE GOOD PEOPLE OF EDO STATE SHOULD INVEST IN CATTLE RANCHING THEMSELVES AND TAP INTO THIS MULTI DOLLARS BUSINESS.

WHY MUST AN UNEDUCATED FULANI HERDSMEN COME TO EDO STATE TO TAKE THIS LUCRATIVE BUSINESS FROM THEM.

They not only take the business but they threatened the peasant farmers with death and even destroy their crops.

President Buhari till date has not seen the need to prosecute these killer herdsmen.

Coming to think of it why do these herdsman kill people in their own farm, and then feed their crops to cows.
I mean those crops are food people eat to survive, some even
Sell their produce in order to feed them selves and their family

wink2015:


These Herdsmen have the right to go to any part of the Nigeria to do their business.

But lands in Nigeria is not vested in the federal government.

It is the state that owns land in Nigeria.

Where the federal government has control is only FCT Abuja.

Each state in Nigeria has the constitutional power to make laws that will guide the peace of the state.

RUGA is a BUHARI AGENDA to appropriate the indigenous people lands to his kinsmen.

Mischievous views like these are very unfortunate.
and sad.

The more reason why peace will continue to elude us.


Anywhere in the world,the struggle for land and space will continue to cause war and deaths.Only negotiations and concessions are the key solutions.

The governors should stop playing second term politics and face the reality of inevitable concessions ,for peace and progress.

Sometimes I wonder whether some people are happy with senseless killings going on our father land


Is it every herdman that can afford an individual ranch?

There are various farm settlements provided by state governments across the nation.Why can't government provide RUGA for herdsmen?

Sentiments will continue to kill us in this country!

That's my governor.
Give them hot