The National President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Baba Ngelzarma, has
accused President Buhari of abandoning pastoralists in the
country despite the support they gave to him during his
2019 re-election.

Ngelzarma who was the former secretary of the association
before his election as president, said this during a chat with
newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, December 18. According to
him, the Buhari-led administration has budgeted large sums
of money for other sectors of Agriculture in the country and
has sidelined animal husbandry.

“On the eve of the last election that brought in Buhari for the second term, we endorsed him. We showed the world that we are with him but thereafter, up till now as I speak to you, nothing has been done.

Buhari has abandoned the pastoralists. This is very clear, whether Buhari or his lieutenants, the pastoralists have been abandoned by the government. In the last eight years, nothing tangible… while over N500 billion was spent on agronomy, nothing was spent on livestock, almost nothing.

Go and check all the state government’s budgetary provisions including the federal government’s budgetary provisions. If you see what is budgeted for livestock, you will be surprised.

Livestock is being neglected completely.”

He argued though the association is happy about the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), it would do
little or nothing to address the problems of pastoralists.

“Only recently the Buhari administration started implementing the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) where some states have accessed the N3 billion, N6 billion funding.

Some states started it, the one in Yola has started but we see it as a project that cannot solve the problem.

How do you think a livestock centre that can accommodate not more than 20,000 cows can solve the problem of the cows in Adamawa that are over two million? But as a model, it is okay, we appreciate it. At least the pastoralists will see how to modernise animal husbandry.”he said

Eriokanmi:
I've never seen such an opportunistic tribe like fulani. Their man came to power but they messed up big time. Niger-delta too behaved this way. I remember mend, asari dokubo, jomogbomo, tompolo and the likes. They turned aso vila to their second home

I stand to be corrected, only yoruba didn't misbehave during obj's 2 terms in office. In fact, we didn't care.

Now that am supporting Obi, whom I strongly believe will win next year's election in all indications, I hope my igbo brothers too would behave in a mature and patriotic way. To be honest, this remains the fears of some undecided voters amongst us, not that they hate ibos per se. We live together peacefully and are now inter-marrying.

Opinions are welcome please cos we've never had an igbo president b4 so, we can't tell. Will the agitations stop once obi wins? God bless Nigeria.

ExAngel007:


https://www.thecable.ng/macban-buhari-abandoned-us-despite-supporting-his-reelection-bid-in-2019/amp

JosephXavier:
I wonder when Miyetti Allah became relevant in Nigerian politics

ExAngel007:


https://www.thecable.ng/macban-buhari-abandoned-us-despite-supporting-his-reelection-bid-in-2019/amp

Sweetplum:
Koni da fun yin. That's how anyone that win ll use and dump you till eternity. Scavengers among humans destroying others biz cos of cow rearing. As if the cows are sold for free. These mofo has destroyed my granny farmland several times threatening the old woman. Life ll judge every bad northerner so bad.