₦airaland Forum

Chief Morah Ekwunoh, Principal Partner at M.C.Ekwunoh & Co, Barristers and Legal Consultants

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No doubt, l fully align myself with preponderance of views that ranching is a private and individual commercial business, just like legion of other commercial businesses and enterprises which, like stars, dot our investment firmaments nationally and globally. Pursuant to the application of the extant provisions of the 1999 Constitution(as amended) and the Land Use Act, ownership and control of all lands in the states are vested in their respective governors who hold same in trust for the beneficial interests of their citizens. A fortiori application of the maxim of nemo dat quod non habet, reveals that the Federal Government cannot acquire, consficate or, otherwise howsoever, appropriate lands in the states for purposes of creating cattle ranches or colonies for the benefit of herdsmen, in their pursuit of individual and private commercial businesses or enterprises, since, under, and by virtue of the afore-referenced provisions, such lands are vested in the states, and not in the Federal Government, as to bring into constitutional being such acquisitions or confiscations. What it can do, in the overall circumstances, is to use its own lands, as clearly delineated in the Constitution and the Land Use Act (supra) for establishment of such ranches or colonies; or , most appropriately, to appeal to,collaborate or partner with state governments for this purpose.

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Prof. Tahir Mamman, SAN, Immediate past Director-General of Nigerian Law School.
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Governments at all levels spend hundreds of billions on infrastructure, teachers, research and other support services to train students and manpower most of whom go into private sector. Even those in government services are still paid through salaries even though most of the training were provided and paid for by the government. Similarly, the Law School which every lawyer must attend is wholly provided for by the government.
Students pay a fraction of service charges only. Where do lawyers go to after such lavish government expenditures on their training? Most go into private jobs and in a lot of cases, charge government ridiculous, extortionist fees when their services are called for by same government that trained them.
For me, any lawyer who does not agree the commencement of cattle colony is a disgrace to his profession and country because it is anchored on justice and appreciation of Nigeria’s diversity, tolerance and accommodation, security and safety all of all citizens, rights of movement and residence in any part of Nigeria without let or hindrance as embedded in the country’s grundnorm – the Constitution. This is what a well trained, responsible and responsive lawyer should be advocating.



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afbstrategies:
Yeye Country

Those hate filled illiterate know what they are doing.
They lack education and are importing their far more educated brethren to come perfect the Jihad, especially against those Christians occupying the basins where oil is likely deposited up north.

sarrki:
If you have to fight for your god in any disguise then that your god is powerless.

He's not worthy to be served

My God is Able

My God is Great

My God is mighty

He doesn't need know one

Hes Rich, powerful and strong

Whenever your father in Aso Rock has failed you, you turn into a religious poet.

IS were able to successfully relocate to Nigeria under the Islamist Presido.

Thoughtful question!
The people dominating our defense apparatus are not there for me so I will do whatever I can for myself.

Qua_ _ _ _ ? OP link a brother up with ish that inspires you.

laudate:
Who told you he did not get that permission? Agents of the state have been suspected to collaborate with militant Fulani herdsmen. if the govt really wants to fish out those killers, they should just find out the registration number of that helicopter and trace its owners, as well as those who hired it to land weapons in Taraba. Case closed!

Stop arguing with a Fulani stooge.

Will Cow or Cow Owner Be Master In Cow Colony?


Are they indirectly telling us that in this pre-jihad movement, their cows are above the infidels in the infidel's own land?

Tocheagle:
Darkness can never overcome light

The light better be bright enough.

They haven't zero in on your farmland yet. These are people who regard killing of infidels as normal in their religion.

What about the gun carrying ones, who employ them?

Same strings APC candidates pulled before the 2015 polls.
I pity Nigerians upon whom the entire recycled failures practice their cluenessness.

The root of this problem is a compromised defence system where a group of people are permitted to carry weapons.
Why are fulanis permitted to carry weapons openly ?

smulti:
how about creating pigs colonies in the northern parts for pig famers
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i understand you. They have fertile land with which they plant crops and yet go to other peoples land in the name of colony. The mid term solution is to restrict the evil activity without violating Federal laws. As time goes Nigeria may split.

This is what the useless govt at centre should have enforced via its regional defense apparatus. Its a pity that the people violating the law here have our defense system in the hands.

If govt can fence off the colony, then fine.

Fragile man.

All I can say is years ago when I wanted to decide on which language to learn, after comparing them going by opinion of experts from the web, i found java just as capable as any other language and got Java books.

Maybe she isn't part of the grand northern plan. When you have a region that is poor and where majority embraces intellectual laziness like the north and see the resource of others as God's gift to them is hard for their women (the oppressed liberally-minded among them) to agree with their men.

LionDeLeo:
I know many products of public universities working with multinationals earning above 400k per month.

The research presents percentages and not 'many' or 'few'. You really think private unis will have as many grads as the public unis when most of them are still young and don't admit much ?
Common be reasonable.

What's wrong with him.

Azam101:
Bros wake up pray to God make HIM pick your number that all.

Wake up? You must be sleeping.

Good point by OP.

The reason we may never move forward as Nigeria stands.
Where them get the kin money take dey buy lavish anyhow ?

What's wrong with her?

We can't have any real growth with the current structure.
The fact that Buhari had to be bailing out the states and appealing to them to prioritize workers salary exposes the unsustainability of the current structure.

Its like a grandfather with independent children who have their own children but the grand children are always focused on the grandpa's pocket and yet the grandpa can't dictate to his own direct children how they spend what he handsover to them. Even Buhari know what Obasanjo is saying better.

Bad idea.

Omooba77:
Very unfortunate we find ourselves in this type of mess. Many of the so called elites because of personal issues brought us this low. Many families cant feed twice in a day and yet some irresponsible people want this man to run again. I still wonder if we think at all in this nation or we are just blinded by ethnicity and religious bigotry

A shame.

Omooba77:
Hope everyone is seeing the truth; sentiment apart, this government has no direction; but thank God Buhari is here, some sycophants would have believed otherwise. God bless Nigeria.
Cc Seun, Lalasticlala

The old bigot is just playing on the emotions of Nigeria. He thinks news of loot recovery will be enough to confuse Nigerians.

The FG with all its reform can't build a cost-effective structure. What a shame!