Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the federal government is not indifferent to the spate of kidnapping and banditry in the country.

Osinbajo quickly added that the kidnapping was not new in Nigeria, adding that it was being exaggerated.

The vice president, who spoke at a town hall meeting in New York on Sunday evening, said that the social media was blowing kidnap cases out of proportion.

His comment was a response to several questions he was asked on the security situation in Nigeria.

Members of the audience had taken turns to express their concern about the reported spate of killings and kidnappings back home and wanted to know what the government was doing to address the situation.

Osinbajo said that "with respect to general kidnapping which we have seen in parts of the country, again, this is not entirely new. In fact, some of the kidnapping stories you read or listen to are simply not true anywhere, some are fuelled by politics.



"There are cases of kidnapping, no question at all about that, but some of the more dramatic stories that you hear are simply not true. Every report of kidnapping we receive, we try to verify, and at the end of the day you find out that people just tell all sorts of stories," he said.

The vice president said that the federal government was working with the states to check kidnapping where it was actually taking place, using technology to track the perpetrators.

He added that the efforts were already yielding results with several arrests made by security agencies in the affected areas.

Osinbajo said that the government was capable of addressing the security challenges and assured Nigerians that the news "will be a lot better very soon".



Turning to banditry and farmers/herders clashes in the North West and North Central zones, the vice president described them as "resource conflicts."

According to him, banditry, especially in Zamfara and Katsina States, was more of a fight over the control of mining sites by armed groups.

He said that the government was taking several measures, including shutting down the mines, to address the problem.

"In the North Central, we have the livestock transformation plan to address the farmers/herders conflict. Ultimately, it is ranching that will solve the problem because you cannot have people wandering across the country with their cattle.

"It is not helpful to them, this they know, because ranching is more convenient and profitable. So, we are building herd dams in the northern states so that people don't necessarily come down south in search for water and green pastures for their herds.

"We are also trying to ensure we provide grazing areas before we come to cattle routes," he added.

Agency report quoted Osinbajo as saying that in fairness to herders, the livestock sector had not enjoyed the kind of government's funding and support accorded farmers over the years.

He said that there was also the need for government's intervention in livestock, and solicited private sector support and investment in that area.

https://allafrica.com/stories/201906250043.html

Old recycling news .... June 2019 news

Choi, life of an idler

Yes,its exaggerated because you don't value human life in Nigeria.

Coming from a respected man of God.

Shake my head in disgust.

helinues:

Thanks for the screenshot.

Juliusmalema:


Thanks for the screenshot.

Yeah just to burst your epistle...

This slave idiot that calls himself a pastor. I pity all the fools that patronize his church.

helinues:

Yeah just to burst your epistle...

Alright that's good.
Very Insensitive of the vice president to make such statement.
The man is devilishly clueless to the pains of the people.

Juliusmalema:


Alright that's good.

Very Insensitive of the vice president to make such statement.

The man is devilishly clueless to the pains of the people.

Toh, we are selling handkerchief and buckets ooo.. Free delivery

helinues:


Toh, we are selling handkerchief and buckets ooo.. Free delivery

mynd44 lalasticlala seun oam4j

Rule 1

helinues:


Toh, we are selling handkerchief and buckets ooo.. Free delivery

Are you trying to derail the thread ?

helinues:


Toh, we are selling handkerchief and buckets ooo.. Free delivery

The VP needs it afterall he is the one always crying hypocritically on national TV.

EdoFirstBorn:

Are you trying to derail the thread ?

He can't...
He is just at one corner in Ogun state forming James bond.

Juliusmalema:


The VP needs it afterall he is the one always crying hypocritically on national TV.

He who God has blessed, anyone trying to hate/bring them down is only attracting thunder.

That na fact

Juliusmalema:


He can't...

He is just at one corner in Ogun state forming James bond.

simple250:
Yes,its exaggerated because you don't value human life in Nigeria.

The vice president has shown that human lives means nothing to him..

Very pathetic.

helinues:


He who God has blessed, anyone trying to hate/bring them down is only attracting thunder.

That na fact

Pastor In charge of nairaland adoration ministry.

helinues:


He who God has blessed, anyone trying to hate/bring them down is only attracting thunder.

That na fact

What sort of local and crude... I give up
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EdoFirstBorn:

What sort of local and crude... I give up
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That heliAnus guy too daft aswear

Wait until one of your daughters is kidnapped. Shameless man!

If only one lesson to learn from PDP and IPOB stupidity is that many are dissociating from them, people are defecting, APC are getting voted in new territory

Misinforming people with recycled news isn't affecting the Vice President but PDP, and IPOB it's a shame you don't get this logic,

You are selling their market without knowing


.

E be like osinbajo don dey use salt drink tea.

How long ago did he make this statement?

I don't think he made this statement recently .

Everyone knows the situation on ground.

donbachi:
E be like osinbajo don dey use salt drink tea.

Not far from truth

VP Osinbajo remains a disgrace if this is all the lies he say even in the face of the glaring truth.

Baby factory people always waving at vehicles that have gone, old news, disgruntled swines, don't know the meaning of exaggerated, always shallow in thought, full of bitterness, either you like it or not, Osibanjo remains the vice president of Nigeria till 2023 and president till 2031, if you like drink sniper, that is your problem and your family's.

Weyrey leleyi sha

Why then r u going about with many escort ?