₦airaland Forum

BlackBaron: Jeez. What rubbish! It's only because you live in a pseudo-sane society you are able to type such with your mangled fingers.

Developed societies will either suspend you immediately whilst under investigation or get sacked.

BlackPikiN: Apparently fed up with the incessant clashes involving them and farmers over grazing areas, some 12 million Fulani cattlemen have stated that their right to fend for themselves and their livestock as citizens of Nigeria are being infringed upon across many states because of their age-long nomadic way of life.

Consequently, they have now formed themselves into social groups to demand that the federal government address the issue of food security and grazing rights in the country, with a view to securing grazing land rights for the Fulani nationwide.

Commending the northern governors for setting up a committee to wade into the crisis between farmers and herdsmen, one of the seven groups, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria, asked that the committee’s work be extended to southern states where they also face grazing challenges.

The association lamented that 12 million Fulani herdsmen were currently living under the fear of losing their means of livelihood, as clashes between them and farmers continue to escalate especially in Plateau, Taraba and Kaduna States. The cattlemen said they were being arrested or expelled from their homes and settlements by the authorities.
see groving! very soon the fulanis will ask for Oil blocks in the Niger Delta. As you know they havent wade into oil biz yet.

In an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND, the protem national secretary of the association, Saleh Bayari, said: “The Fulani man has been at the receiving end of insecurity in this country. To say that the Fulani are marginalised is an understatement. There are 12 million cattle rearers whose children are not in school.”

Also, the executive director, Pastoral Resolve, Sale Momale, stated that “the challenges being faced by Fulani cattlemen have gone unattended to by all tiers of government for many years because of discrimination against them. The fact is that they are in remote rural areas and their high level of illiteracy makes it hard for them make formal complaints under the modern system of government.”

While desertification is forcing them to migrate southward, Bayari said: Fulani cattlemen do not have children as councillors, that is, at the lowest level of the political strata. They do not have a chairman of a local government or member of a house of assembly. They virtually have nobody in government.”

Debunking claims that Fulani have been the aggressors in some of the clashes involving them and farmers, Bayari said: “There is nobody who rears animals that wants conflict. Conflicts destroy lives, including the lives of animals. So, it is always very difficult for the Fulani person to go into any agitation that will at the end of the day hurt his livestock. He would prefer to suffer deprivation of all kinds than engage in armed conflict that will not spare his livestock.”

He stressed that the conflicts were taking a huge toll on the Fulani’s economic wellbeing.

The federal government, he alleged,“ has never sat down to address food security like other countries do. In Nigeria, thunder would strike a Fulani person and kill about 200 of his cattle. Flood, ethnic or religious crisis also continue to decimate the Fulani’s cattle without any compensation from government.

“That is what happened in Plateau where we lost about 3.5 million heads of cattle in the crises between September 2001 and January 17, 2010. Within a period of 10 years, we lost 3.5 million heads of cattle and nobody is talking about it; not Plateau State or the federal government.”

Bayari added: “You can imagine how much we have lost, even at N100,000 per cow which is the average cost. This is money that can take care of 5 to 10 million people. If the federal government had addressed the issue of food security in this country, then, the Fulani man would have come to the fore.

“But I think the government has begun to feel the pulse and realise that if something is not done, this country could erupt, in the sense that if you deprive 12 million people of their means of livelihood, then, you should be prepared for a very serious situation. We are beginning to see some people make some efforts.”

Momale said: “Discrimination against the pastoralists cuts across all tiers of government, even at the village and district levels. The modern system introduced since the colonial times gives priority to a formalised system for laying out grievances, which favours the educated elite.

“In 1990, only 0.02 percent of the pastoralists were literate. By 2005, after 15 years of nomadic education, their literacy level stood at 2 per cent. Right now, according to the Federal Ministry of Education, the Fulani pastoralists have three million children that are out school.

“With this level of illiteracy and the complexity of governance, they have nowhere to lay their complaint. The only government they know is the village head and the village head cannot influence policy. He has no say in the affairs of government. And with a government that is not concerned with reaching out to its citizens, you can understand why the problems of the Fulani have gone unresolved.”

http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/34438/2012/09/08/12m_fulani_herdsmen_demand_land_rights_36_states.html

miky: Doesn't matter,, as far as he gave in to something he shouldn't have.. If he was trying to help he could have driven the guy to a hospital to go get prescription... Here in the USA the police lure child sex offenders through Internet, only to charge them later and imprison them..

Larufa: The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that it is going to introduce a N5,000 note into the system.

The faces of three prominent Nigerian female activists are to be used on the new note. They are those of late politician and social mobiliser, Margaret Ekpo (1914 - 2006); late politician and activist Hajia Gambo Sawaba (1933 - 2001) and late politician and women's right activist Funmilayo Kuti (1900 -1978).

Like one of the northern preachers said few weeks back. 'All good things in Nigeria were done by Moslems'while praising Sanusi for correcting the mess created by southerns at CBN. I guess this is one of it.


Source: http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/other-sections/lead-stories/175116-breaking-news-cbn-to-introduce-n5000-note

warrior01: I've said it and i'll continue to say it; the hypocrisy of the so called civil society groups, Nlc and the so called opposition parties is second to none. Gullible Nigerians were deceived in January with the so called 'occupy nigeria' and events today have shown the world who they really are and whose interest they are serving. Even here on nairaland, I bet you'll not see the any comment condemning this treasonable act from the anti-GEJ goons. Thank God sincere Nigerians now knows the camp that have the interest of this country at heart.

karpentar: If the thieving Yoruba and hausa subsidy cabals could bribe the NUPENG union officials, why can't the government do the same to enable them have unrestricted chance to nail these thieves? Nobody can be richer than govt.

OmanIman: I KNOW THE CHURCH MEMBERS OF BAKARE HAVE INVADED THIS PLACE SO HERE'S A REPLY TO ALL YOU HIS FOLLOWERS,FIRST OF ALL,BAKARE SHOULD STICK TO HIS PULPIT AND STOP PRETENDING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE COMMON MAN.MY PROBLEM WITH YOU NIGERIANS IS THAT YOU BELIEVE THE NEXT MAN VEERING FOR POWER WILL BE BETTER THAN THE INCUMBENT.EVEN THOUGH THE INCUMBENT IS FACED WITH MANY CHALLENGES AND YES, HE COULD DO BETTER THAN HE IS DOING RIGHT NOW BY FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND ENDING THE BH MENACE,HOWEVER,FACT STIL REMAINS THAT HE IS JUST A MAN AND NOT A RELIGIOUS BIGOT UNLIKE BAKARE WHO BECAUSE OF HIS "PRIDE AND OVER-BLOATED" EGO,CPC AND ACN WERE NOT ABLE TAKE A UNIFIED STAND AGAINST PDP AND SO VOTES IN LAGOS AND KEY SW STATES WENT TO PDP.U ASK WHY,ITS BECAUSE BAKARE COULNT RELINQUISH HIS LIFELONG DREAM OF BECOMING VICE PRESIDENT.TELL ME HOW THAT SERVED THE GOOD OF THE MASSES @ THE END?ALL BECOS OF ONE MAN'S GREED AND AMBITION,CPC LOST OUT.IN CASE YOU ARE IGNORANT OF POLITICS,ITS A VERY VERY DIRTY GAME AND IT SOILS YOUR HAND COS OF WHAT YOU MUST DABBLE INTO THE WIN THE GAME.HOW CAN A PASTOR THEN CLAIM TO BE HOLY IN THIS GAME?HE THINKS GOD WILL NOT ASK HIM FOR THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT LIVES LOST,PARTICULARLY THOSE POOR CORPS MEMBERS?I HOPE PASTOR VAMPIRE BAKARE SLEEPS WELL @ NIGHT. AND FINALLY, TO ALL BAKARE SUPPORTERS,I ASK THIS QUESTION:"HAD IT BEEN THAT YOUR LOVED ONE HAD DIED IN THAT POST ELECTION CRISIS(NOT THAT MINE DID,MIND U,BUT I HAV A CONSCIENCE WHCH YOU DONT)WOULD YOU STIL DEFEND HIM,KNOWING WHAT HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVIL HIMSELF CAUSED THIS NATION?ABEG MAKE ALL OF YOU "SIT DOWN"

OmanIman: I KNOW THE CHURCH MEMBERS OF BAKARE HAVE INVADED THIS PLACE SO HERE'S A REPLY TO ALL YOU HIS FOLLOWERS,FIRST OF ALL,BAKARE SHOULD STICK TO HIS PULPIT AND STOP PRETENDING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE COMMON MAN.MY PROBLEM WITH YOU NIGERIANS IS THAT YOU BELIEVE THE NEXT MAN VEERING FOR POWER WILL BE BETTER THAN THE INCUMBENT.EVEN THOUGH THE INCUMBENT IS FACED WITH MANY CHALLENGES AND YES, HE COULD DO BETTER THAN HE IS DOING RIGHT NOW BY FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND ENDING THE BH MENACE,HOWEVER,FACT STIL REMAINS THAT HE IS JUST A MAN AND NOT A RELIGIOUS BIGOT UNLIKE BAKARE WHO BECAUSE OF HIS "PRIDE AND OVER-BLOATED" EGO,CPC AND ACN WERE NOT ABLE TAKE A UNIFIED STAND AGAINST PDP AND SO VOTES IN LAGOS AND KEY SW STATES WENT TO PDP.U ASK WHY,ITS BECAUSE BAKARE COULNT RELINQUISH HIS LIFELONG DREAM OF BECOMING VICE PRESIDENT.TELL ME HOW THAT SERVED THE GOOD OF THE MASSES @ THE END?ALL BECOS OF ONE MAN'S GREED AND AMBITION,CPC LOST OUT.IN CASE YOU ARE IGNORANT OF POLITICS,ITS A VERY VERY DIRTY GAME AND IT SOILS YOUR HAND COS OF WHAT YOU MUST DABBLE INTO THE WIN THE GAME.HOW CAN A PASTOR THEN CLAIM TO BE HOLY IN THIS GAME?HE THINKS GOD WILL NOT ASK HIM FOR THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT LIVES LOST,PARTICULARLY THOSE POOR CORPS MEMBERS?I HOPE PASTOR VAMPIRE BAKARE SLEEPS WELL @ NIGHT. AND FINALLY, TO ALL BAKARE SUPPORTERS,I ASK THIS QUESTION:"HAD IT BEEN THAT YOUR LOVED ONE HAD DIED IN THAT POST ELECTION CRISIS(NOT THAT MINE DID,MIND U,BUT I HAV A CONSCIENCE WHCH YOU DONT)WOULD YOU STIL DEFEND HIM,KNOWING WHAT HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVIL HIMSELF CAUSED THIS NATION?ABEG MAKE ALL OF YOU "SIT DOWN"

alj harem: My brother does it matter. At least the job is being done

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Arosa: Do all this Saraki supporters know that he is a thief?