LagosWahala:
Ranch your cattle at your own expense and peace will magically return for all!

careytommy37:
It shows how dangerous things are that it takes a governor himself to effect the arrest of a law breaker :-

Conflict over fertile lands threatens Nigeria’s food security
A deadly ethnic battle sparked by cattle-herders is driving farmers from their land -FT.com

The potential for agricultural expansion is massive in Nigeria. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, Nigeria uses only half of its 71m hectares of available farmland. For Joseph Lengmang, the director-general of Plateau State’s Peace Building Agency in Jos, the state capital, there’s a “clear association and correlation between the risk of attacks and violence and low agricultural productivity”. 

Amnesty International estimates that more than 3,640 people were killed between January 2016 and October 2018 in clashes over access to pasture in the Middle Belt. This represents about a third of Nigeria’s land mass and includes some of the most fertile farmland in west Africa, say experts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria. 

The conflict is also adding fuel to already heated religious tension since the majority of Fulani herders are Muslim and most of the farmers under attack are Christian. Yet some Fulani have also been reportedly attacked by farmers.

Brighton Karume, a Zimbabwean agronomist working in Nigeria, says that “until someone solves this, it will be hard to unlock real agricultural growth here because security is a big concern for investors”. The conflict is hampering the Buhari administration’s plans to reduce the country’s food import bill — about $6bn a year, according to the United Nations — and to increase farm exports, to reduce Nigeria’s dependence on oil as a source of foreign currency earnings. 

Until someone solves this, it will be hard to unlock real agricultural growth here because security is a big concern for investors

“This land is perfect for agriculture and because it is so fertile herdsmen want it for their cattle,” says farmer Lawrence Zongo, who leads the Committee on Rural Rights and Empowerment in Miango. After herdsmen attacked his farm in July, he was forced to move to a place where he feels safer, but where there is far less land to grow millet, soya, and corn.


The cattle-grazing crisis has wider implications. In Africa’s most populous nation, about 60 per cent of livestock is managed by pastoralists while 88 per cent of farmers are smallholders producing most of the country’s farm output, which accounts for some 21 per cent of gross domestic product.

“You know what this conflict does? It limits the potential of agriculture,” says Rotimi Williams, a 37-year-old entrepreneur who owns Kereksuk Rice Farm, until two years ago one of the largest commercial rice farms in Nigeria. He had to freeze production on his 45,000 hectare site, due in part to attacks on his farm in Nasarawa State. 

Across the river from his farm are Taraba and Benue states, both known for clashes between farmers and herders, but also between the Jukun and Tiv communities, who have been killing each other over land disputes, explains Mr Williams. “There’s no future in agriculture in Nigeria until we solve this strife,” he adds. 


https://www.ft.com/content/fc0934a8-e394-11e9-9743-db5a370481bc

Dpharisee:
Muslims here should please tell us the Ruling on Arresting cows for open grazing since every Friday, most of the topics on FP has to do with rulings, today there is even a ruling on how to Sh1t in the toilet.

wink2015:
The fulani herdsmen NO DEY HEAR WORD!

Imagine if they were to have RUGA SETTLEMENT the war must have started before the whistle is blown.

abbeyie007:
Ortom should just take it easy

phylshan:
Photos: Ortom’s convoy arrests cow for open grazing

https://thenationonlineng.net/photos-ortoms-convoy-arrests-cow-for-open-grazing/

BuhariAdvocate:
He will further expose himself. You can't used herdsmens to prosecute your second term, and abandon them or tag them as a terrorist.

Mashallah:



Your lies have expired

BuhariAdvocate:
Continue fool yourself.

Mashallah:



You're the one fooling yourself.


I have evidence of Fulani jihadist herdsmen


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6msiKwOjiLk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6qPH0L5xcc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDx8mzlBcaM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0CeMHeoejw

kynbasil01:
North central or part of north central should wake up from their slumber before this fulani terrorists kills them all

phylshan:
Photos: Ortom’s convoy arrests cow for open grazing

https://thenationonlineng.net/photos-ortoms-convoy-arrests-cow-for-open-grazing/

BuhariAdvocate:
He will further expose himself. You can't used herdsmens to prosecute your second term, and abandon them or tag them as a terrorist.

BuhariAdvocate:
You will go to jail stop this propaganda.

royalamour:


There's nothing like north central. We are Middle Belt.

abluck:
Amotekun



caused




it

abbeyie007:
Ortom should just take it easy

Mashallah:
The Nigeria police have refused to enforce the laws created by Benue State government.

This is why we need regional police.

Just read these 4 headlines

felixedet:



When will you stop being foolish and wicked at the same time?

If you are a Fulani, go back to Futa Jalon in Mali.....ok.

Snipper007:
Where is Paul nnongo?

phylshan:
Photos: Ortom’s convoy arrests cow for open grazing

https://thenationonlineng.net/photos-ortoms-convoy-arrests-cow-for-open-grazing/