HOW TO PERMANENTLY SOLVE THE FULANI HERDSMEN CRISIS WITHIN THREE MONTHS.

Fulani Herdsmen have become a nuisance to the Nigerian society and a major threat to the peace, stability and unity of Nigeria. It is high time we tackle this problem head-on and get rid of it once and for all. I believe these ideas when implemented will bring about a permanent solution to the Fulani Herdsmen crisis in Nigeria.

However, before we proceed, we have to look at why the crisis persist and why it will not be solved easily.

WHY FULANI HERDSMEN CRISIS PERSISTS AND WHY IT CANNOT BE SOLVED EASILY.

1. The lackadaisical attitude of the police to handle the crisis promptly. News flying all over the media reports that the police had pre-information about the plan of the herdsmen to attack the Enugu community but they did nothing to stop it.

2. Late response from the Federal Government to tackle the issue promptly. This is exactly how Boko Haram crisis started before it grew into a huge monster. The Federal Government, both the executive and legislative arms of government, have an attitude of waiting till things go out of hand before they tackle potential national crisis and this is bad for Nigerians. The Federal Government prefers late damage control system to damage prevention system.

3. Ethnic/Tribal resistance. If the government decides to deal ruthlessly with Fulani herdsmen, some Fulani leaders might start revolting. They might start branding the harsh treatment an attack on the north or an attack on the Fulani’s. Some Fulani politicians might even misadvise President Buhari on the matter, telling him not to take it too serious because the president is a Fulani man. The minister of interior has already taken this stance by complaining that social media over-exaggerates the Fulani Herdsmen crisis. This is not good for Nigerians at all.

4. Corruption: Some high ranking officials in the police and army might want to take advantage of the crisis to make money. Remember the “arms deal scandal?”

5. Impunity: It is in the subconscious of the herdsmen that the lives of their cows are more important than the lives of non-Fulani’s whose land they invade, maim and kill with no iota of human conscience or regard for law, usually because they always get away with it and the feeling that nothing can happen to them, especially now that their “brother” is the president.

6. Little or No Value for Human Life: It is obvious that the Federal Government, both the executive and legislative and our politicians does not value human lives. This is the ultimate reason why Fulani Herdsmen crisis will persist. Until we begin to value human lives, until we begin to realize that human lives matter more than the lives of cattle, we will never sole this crisis. The major reason politicians and the Federal Government do not act fast is because their family members are not yet victims. I believe that when a top politician’s mother, child, brother or family member is killed by Fulani Herdsmen, there will be multiple arrests within 24 hours which will eventually lead to end of such crisis. This is not good for Nigerians at all.

We cannot successfully deal with this crisis until we deal with the factors that makes it persists and will make any attempt to solve the problem fail. The armed forces, especially the police need to be more patriotic in their service to the nation. Both the executive and legislative arm of the Federal Government need to be more proactive in solving potential national issues. We have to stop waiting until issues spiral into full scale war before we act as a government. We must value human lives more than the lives of cows. This is the ultimate determinant whether we will solve this crisis or not. If our government continues to place little value on human lives, we will never solve this Fulani Herdsmen crisis.

Now, we have seen what makes the problem persists and what will make it fail, let’s look at how we can solve this problem once and for all.

HOW TO SOLVE THE FULANI HERDSMEN CRISIS WITHIN THREE MONTHS

1. NATIONWIDE CURFEW ON CATTLE MOVEMENT: As part of the temporal measures to solve the crisis, the Federal Government should impose a National Curfew on Cattle Movement across the nation. No cattle should move or be transported to or from any part of Nigeria between the hours of 6pm and 7am. This will help curb the present menace as most of the atrocities happen at night.

2. EMERGENCY RANCHING PROGRAM: The Federal Government in collaboration with all 36 state governors should start a National Emergency Ranching program for all cattle owners in all 36 states. The lands for the ranches can be gotten through a Rent-To-Own mortgage system. The cattle owners will pay 5% of the total cost of the land as a deposit, and then continue to pay for the property in either monthly, quarterly or yearly installments, as agreed with the land owners. The payment can be spread to 25 to 35 years period. Cattle owners who have the means can opt to pay fully for the lands.

The lands must be fenced completely to avoid bandits from coming to steal the cows and to avoid the cows from roaming into other people’s farm lands and property, which is the major cause of the problems in the first place.

The cows will be fed by supplying them grasses just the way we feed our goats at home by going to get grasses for them. The cattle owners can opt to buy grasses to feed the cows. This will create jobs for the local community.

The cows too can be fed by the grasses that were imported by the FG from Brazil. Those grasses should grow in 1 to 3 months’ time. So they can be eating the local grass for like 3 months while they wait for the Brazilian grasses to mature and be supplied to them. Meanwhile, what is the update on the Brazilian Grass Seedling project?

The Federal Government can also give incentives like low interest rates and provision of land for siting of factories that will produce nutritious cattle feed for the cows. Cattle feed business will be good business in Nigeria.

However, while all these are being planned, let the cows be kept in their ranches and be eating the local grasses that will be fed them from the community.

A monitoring team consisting mainly of security personnel’s must be assigned by the Federal Government to monitor the activities of the herdsmen in the ranches, to avoid the possibility of any form of criminal activity.

3. DEALING WITH THE HERDSMEN: The herdsmen need to be educated and re-oriented in order to have a paradigm shift and thus come to the understanding, acceptance and realization that human lives are more important than cattle lives.

They must be taught to know how to handle conflicts, that they should report any case of stolen cattle to the police and not by killing innocent people in a community.

The herdsmen need to be educated and taught how to communicate properly. Most of these guys don’t know how to speak English or even Pidgin. Poor communication is always the foundation for conflicts and crisis. Better communication will often lead to better understanding between the herdsmen and the farmers and residents of the community. The inability of the herdsmen to properly communicate is a major cause of the violence among them. Even if the herdsmen are put in ranches to cater for their cows, so long as they cannot communicate properly, there will still be conflicts because of the perception of being cheated plus other psychological issues. If they can speak English or pidgin fluently, their problems will be half solved.

If these herdsmen can be made to appreciate human life, and to also communicate properly, then we will be looking at a gross reduction in conflicts between herdsmen and members of the communities.

4. ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CATTLE OWNERS: Everybody talks about the herdsmen but nobody talks about the herd owners. The herdsmen are just staffs, so who owns the cattle’s? Are they ghosts? Are these guys above the law?

The cattle owners should be brought in. They must know that CHANGE has come, and that it will not be business as usual. It is high time we begin to hold the cattle owners responsible for the atrocities committed by their staffs, the herdsmen. The cattle owners must not only obey the new instruction to get ranches, they also must place sign boards of their registered companies visible for all to see, so that the company can be sued and can also sue.

Cattle owners will bear the cost of training and re-orientation of their herdsmen to appreciate human life. Provide ID cards for them. And also bear the cost of hiring a language instructor to teach the herdsmen how to properly communicate with other Nigerians. Even if the herdsmen are put in ranches to cater for their cows, so long as they cannot communicate properly, there will still be conflicts because of the perception of being cheated, so they have to be taught to understand and speak well, pidgin or English. Better communication means better co-operation with other Nigerians.

Cattle owners must sign an undertaking to abide by the new rules on how to go about their cattle business. The undertaking will state they will be held responsible for any form of criminal or terrorists activities carried out by staffs or people living in his ranch.

All cattle owners in collaboration with State and Federal Government must create a database of Fulani Herdsmen. We must know how many herdsmen are employed and roaming around in this country. And this database must be accessible by all security personnel to ensure proper tracking of their activities and to be able to fish out the criminals among them. Some of the people perpetrating this act are not actually herdsmen but terrorist from either Boko Haram or Fulani Militants. We must know how many they are, where they are, and how to contact them and their bosses.
The Fulani Herdsmen crisis cannot be stopped or reduced without a comprehensive database of all herdsmen in this country. A terrorist can be moving with cattle disguised as herdsman, but if the police stops and checks him out on the database, it will be ascertained whether he is a genuine herdsman or a potential terrorist.

This is the crux of the matter. Fulani Herdsmen kill people anyhow because no one is held responsible. If their bosses are forced to pay for damages by law, if their bosses are faced with the threat of jail term, I believe they will be forced to behave themselves.

5. BORDER COMMUNITY POLICING: Nigeria is a victim of terrorism today because of poor National border control and zero border policing. Nigeria is also experiencing reckless killings by Fulani Herdsmen because of poor inter-State border control and policing. The armed forces, in collaboration with the Border Communities Development Agency should set up a border control unit both inter-State and National Borders.

These killings usually happens in inter-state border communities because they are prone to attacks by the herdsmen. In 2013, the House or Representatives recommended that army bases be set up in border communities. This should be done immediately, not just inter-State borders alone, but national borders also. This will go a long way to prevent further crisis in Nigeria between Herdsmen and community members. It will also help to completely eliminate Boko Haram because without an effective inter-state and national border control, Boko Harm and Fulani Herdsmen crisis cannot be eliminated.

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Great ideas don’t make great nations but great decisions do. If these ideas are implemented, we will successfully end the Fulani Herdsmen crisis and Boko Haram crisis. It’s a template that can solve both problems at the same time.

Looking forward to a better Nigeria.

God bless Nigeria.

The power problem in Nigeria is babaric!

There are about 170 million people in Nigeria. And at an average of 5 people per home, there are about 34 million homes in Nigeria.

1 Mega Watt of electricity can power 800 homes. Nigeria can only produce 5,000MW of electricity. What this means technically is that the power generated in the Nigeria can only power 4 million homes out of 34 million homes. So where will the other 30 million get their power from? Generators? As in 30 million generators? Jeez!

Wow! Who can save us from this mess?

Am beginning to believe the "Donald-Trump-rumour"... I think Nigeria shd be colonized again...

Why dont we just outsource our power problems to China? It might cause us $40 billion debt, but it will bring development and we can pay it off in 20 to 30 yrs time.

I dont understand this sharia law ish.

How does it work?

Is it subject to or superior to the Nigerian Constitution?

If a Southerner living in the North, happens to be accused of a crime, will he be tried with the Nigerian Constitution or Sharia Law? If he is taken to a Sharia Court for trial, can he insist on being taken to a Nigerian law court instead? Does the Sharia Law apply to all Nigerians living in the North or only Northern muslim Nigerians living in the North?

I would really appreciate if I could get some answers.

Iblawi1:

Do you know kebbi and zamfara state have gold, and they are 1 of the few state where cotton can be planted . I haven't talked of leather and other agricultural product, animal rearing too can give them a lot of revenue. These states still have other mineral resources that is mined illegally . I think those states have have issues with thinking.

Ur very correct. Our leaders are too dumb. Dat abt 80% of Nigerians are dumb too. Becos it takes a dumb populace to have dumb leaders. So there are two problems here

Iblawi1:


But some smaller states generate very little that it makes no difference and that is the reason why you here people say some states can't survive without federal allocation. States like Zamfara, Kebbi , Jigawa and even Osun state.

I totally agree with you.

But this supposed "small" states are so dependent becos their governors dont reason. Any well thinking man can make Kebbi State a viable State through Agriculture... But alas, the motherfuckers dont think at all.

Wait oh!

Udom just signed a 400+ billion naira 2016 budget. Very close to Akpabio's.

But from the info on this chart, Akwa Ibom will be getting 96 to 100 billion as allocation from FG this year. Mbok wia does Udom intend to get the remaining 300+ billion for his budget?

Or is he looking to generate an IGR of 300 billion dis year alone?

AZeD1:

There's the generating part, the transmission part, the distribution part, the gas companies, there's very expensive equipment you can't buy off the shelf. Then there's maintenance of power lines and all that.


Dude power is not child's play

Dude! Am talking about the distribution company hia na. Na wa for you oh.

Every sane person knows that power is not child's play. So is dat why they shd not go to the stock market? Becos power is not child's play? Other companies dat have dia power company sell shares in their country are they fools?

Na wa oh!

AZeD1:

You need to remember there are lots of moving parts in power.

Bros abeg which one be "moving parts" again, and how does dat affect the profitability of the business?

AZeD1:

Power is capital intensive with small margins.

But its a long term investment na.

Imagine 20 million Nigerians paying 2,000 naira monthly. Dats 2 billion naira monthly turn over. And for the total population of Nigeria accessible to power, say over 120 million, how is a business with a potential of over 240 billion monthly turnover not profitable?

Capital intensive and unprofitable are not synonyms. Cement and tyre production are both capital intensive, but are they profitable? Do they sell their shares in the stock market?

A lot of Nigerians can do without cement and tyre in a month. How many Nigerians can do without power in a month?

And what exactly do you mean by small margins?

AZeD1:

Nobody will buy the shares of a company that loses money.

Power business is good business. Coupled with Nigerian population, dat makes it an even much beta business.

Rather than increase tariffs and forcefully raise funds from the common man, why dont the Discos just go the stock market to raise funds?

Or is it a crime ni?

Uncle Ben Bruce, mbok talk to these guys na?

geez18:
if you marry the right person,you'd have married for the right reason.

Abeg no vex, can you explain?

Hello guys,

I've been thinking abt marriage lately and am curious to know what you guys think as to which of these two is more important:

Marrying The Right Person Or Marrying For The Right Reasons?

:/

Igbos and Agriculture Can Help Rescue Nigeria's Economy!

The centre can no longer hold!

We can no longer run a mono-economy! We can no longer run an import-all economy!

Agriculture and igbos can help save our economy.

If the Federal and State Governments makes at least 1,000 to 10,000 hectares of land for farming in each state, we will produce enough food with over 400,000 hectares of farm land. There would be no need to import rice, wheat or sugar.

If the Federal Government can ban the importation of shoes and clothes and empower our Aba boys to produce low, medium and high grades of shoes and clothes in National quantities, we will save the naira and save the economy.

Its high time igbo Governors drop party politics and work with Ngige, the Minister for Labour, and make a proposal to President Buhari, through Emefiele, the CBN Governor for one digit FG loans for this guys to produce shoes, clothes, etc for Nigerians, which will be followed with a ban on the importation of these items. Audu Ogbeh has already done so for farmers, so it can be done for Made-In-Nigeria goods. Lets stop importing Gucci! Lets start wearing "Abachi"!... Ebeano!

We dont have to wait for the FG to do everything. FG doesnt have all the answers.

Some igbos cry about being marginalised. But actually is the best time for igbos to shine.

Lets drop party politics and our hatred for Buhari. Lets work together and make the Nigerian economy work.

My name is David Mark(not the senator) and I just wanna make small common sense!

Nme tang ma oh!

For only Abuja ppl abi?
And for only 7,000 ppl abi?
Well, day say half bread is better dan no bread.
Make dem enjoy!

Sounds very interesting. Even doe its kind of a borrowed idea from eko atlantic project, its still cool sha...

No 3D modelling of the proposed city?

ladyF:
The best thing PDP can do is to sit back, relax and let Buhari try what he can to move the nation forward. If he fails, then we will look for ways forward in 2019. But until then...

They had their chance for 16 years, they blew it. It's high time they got over themselves. I still maintain that this country would have be worse than it is presently had Jonathan been re-elected but #GodWin and God saved us. The guy would have still been sharing our money even in these times of economic crisis.

Buhari may not be the best, but he is definitely a better option than the tiffery gang!

Na wa oh. So u get sense like dis gan?

What about the EFCC cash recovery?

Sebi day sed EFCC has recovered over 1 trillion naira, some sed its $2 trillion dollars so far(in 5D)?

So wia does all dat money go to? Abi dem just day give us figures to shop belleful ba?

Why are we not seeing pictures of his necklace, shoe and bathing soup?

Enoquin:
Yabatech arts department! I used to wonder then why the faculty wasn't promoting the art works of their students more vigourously. The metal art works back then, plus other kinds of sculptures...This is creatively beautiful

Yabatech arts, please make use of the social media platform.

I guess they removed the sculpture that used to be where this one now is.

Nma mbok do u stay in uyo and are you from akwa ibom?

Well, one might consider Ogun State's desire for an airport becos of her closeness to Lagos sha.

But Ekiti, Osun Bayelsa? Total waste of public funds.

obailala:
Ogbeh recommended this some years back, today he's the man in charge of anything agriculture but we havent heard his voice since. Hopefully he's quietly involved in some extensive plans to implement this.

Even doe God sed we shdnt put our trust in man, Audu Ogbeh is one of the few ministers I trust to deliver.

I like ur idea. Its a lovable one.

Audu Ogbeh even recommended this some years back.

But the only comma na the 80 million jobs way u want create. Agriculture will create jobs but 80 million is way to unrealistic.

Nevertheless, kudos for such a brilliant idea.

Tinubutoto:

u r suffering from Amnesia. There is Ijaw in Akwa Ibom, the Eastern Obodo people are Ijaw people. currently, the treasurer of Ijaw National Congress is from Eastern Obodo of Akwa Ibom. go n ask about it. I was with one guy from Eastern Obodo on Friday.

Bros, its not eastern obodo. Its eastern obolo.

Pls take note.

EteEdoho:
it's quite annoying. Am from Eket. Afaha Eket to be precise.

I think he was refering to the andoni and eastern obolo region. Some of dose ppl speak both annang/ibibio and ijaw languages becos of the shared boundary between us, just the same way igbos claim to have igbo speaking communities in akwa ibom, and dose so-called communities share boundaries with igbo speaking states.

theGistsonline:


My brother, when the army (NA especially) wants to do anything with secrecy, they can! Its no big deal for them! They don't even need to fire a few shots in the air to get every Nigerian outta sight!

Haha!

I don laff die!

theGistsonline:


Mr forensic scientist, in a few minutes ovper 1000 bodies can be moved in trucks & a mass grave dug with caterpillar (diggers), buried in a few minutes too! Since where they are (assumed) to be buried is govt property, they won't be allowed by authorities in charge to exhume their bodies for whatever the group wants to use them for (proper Islamic burials) hence they will require permission from the necessary authorities to do so.

Okay you're very correct. Pls tell me more...

So the army killed over 1,000 ppl and ppl saw when it happened abi?

How come nobody saw when the army came with their trucks and loaded the dead 1,000+ bodies?

They only saw when the army killed them abi?

Oh sori, I forgot. The Nigerian Army now uses 22nd century sound proof trucks that don't cause any vibrations on the floor, so nobody will even notice when they come and go. Besides, they came in by 2am so nobody saw them carry the bodies.

Thank you very much!

shaddoww:
no mind dem, maybe dey first ask dem to dig d grave b4 killing dem. They claim to av found a mass grave, yet dey are asking for d bodies of their people to b buried according to Islamic right.

Bros I wonder oh. Why dem no exhume the body go bury themselves na?

So many faults in this essay...

sweetilicious:
They could have used Caterpillar to dig it up. 20 soldiers are capable. What if they were all packed like sardines? They could have used Caterpillar to dig it up. 20 soldiers are capable. What if they were all packed like sardines?

Abi oh!

And the caterpillar must have been very invisible abi?

Dem no say anytin abt clustering like sardines na. Sebi na mass graves dem talk dia?

Okay...

So the Nigerian Army killed 1,000 ppl and buried all of dem at once at a particular place, right?

Good!

So nobody saw when the army was lifting or carrying the over 1,000 dead bodies abi?

How did they transport the 1,000+ dead bodies to the burial ground?

To bury 1,000+ ppl at once, you would need a work force of at least 100 to 200 labourers to dig the graves, transport the corpses to site and bury them.

Did day hire labourers or na only army ppl bury dem?

How come nobody saw all of dis?

It was done at night at about 2am when everybody was asleep.

Okay so they left the dead bodies on road till about 2am, and den came back by 2am to pick dem all up for mass speedy burial? Or after the massacre they picked all the 1,000+ dead bodies and saved dem somewia first before going to bury dem at night, abi?

Ehmmm.... I day come...:/

Does Drinking Garri Really Cause Lassa Fever?

I was just thinking how true dis will really be...

Assuming 1 million Nigerians drink garri with cold water every week, or every month. And lets say only 0.1% of the garri being drank were contaminated with the lassa virus, we shd be battling with 1,000 cases of lassa fever victims by now, especially those in the rural areas. We shd have an epidermic by now or have ppl suddenly stopped drinking garri?

So I ask again, do ppl really get infected with lassa fever just by drinking garri with cold water, or its just an assumption?

If I go village now go buy bush garri way lassa rat don climb and piss or shit on top, den I put the garri inside container for over 10 days without using it, will the virus still be active?

Does the virus live in the rat cells or garri molecules?

If the virus can survive outside its host(rat), how long will the virus stay alive or active outside its host?

Or does the virus have primary and secondary hosts?

Speechless3:
Try get another job biko, you cant afford to deny your woman her marriage right and happiness.

If you continue with this job, you will most likely end up unhappy in future.

Hhmmm. I think he needs to relocate and get an apartment dats very close to his office, since he is the breadwinner in the house.

Dat way he wont always come home late cos most office close 6pm, some even 4pm sef. Except his office closes late.