The herdsmen crisis is a WEST AFRICAN phenomenon, as the desertification of the Sahara accelerates, forcing herders to migrate ever southwards to graze their cattle.

See Ghana News:

Livelihoods under threat as herdsmen invade Kwamang farmlands at Kwamang

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Livelihoods-under-threat-as-herdsmen-invade-Kwamang-farmlands-at-Kwamang-1224913

It is a big problem in Ghana now. Just google ''Ghana herdsmen''.

They even killed some Fulani herdsmen in southern Ghana last week.

In South Sudan yesterday, 40 peole were killed. According to the news, ''this conflict... stemmed from disagreements between Arab herdsmen and non-Arab farmers in South Darfur.''

https://www.voanews.com/africa/40-people-killed-ethnic-clashes-west-darfur-un-says

So this is a region-wide issue caused by the encroaching Sahara and climate change.

But instead of us to recognise the issue for what it is, and co-operate to handle it well, we are screaming that it is a ''long-planned Fulani takeover of the South!!''

And now we are looking to start fighting and killing!

Tufiakwa.

Who did this to us?

ipob no go gree with this news

Thats not our problem
Let them go back to their desert land and find a solution or die there.

limeta:
Thats not our problem
Let them go back to their desert land and find a solution or die there.

That is a very evil and selfish way to look at the issue.

What if perchance God had created you a northerner?

How would you feel reading what you just typed?

It was until the herdsmen joined crime from hunger and discovered lucrative business of kidnapping. When I wrote this kind of stuff it was still at that stage but Nigerian government did not address the farmer-herder crisis properly leading to herdsmen losing source of livelihood which has resulted in the criminal ones.

Rosskiiku:


That is a very evil and selfish way to look at the issue.

What if perchance God had created you a northerner?

How would you feel reading what you just typed?

what if
thats not good enough

Abagworo:
It was until the herdsmen joined crime from hunger and discovered lucrative business of kidnapping. When I wrote this kind of stuff it was still at that stage but Nigerian government did not address the farmer-herder crisis properly leading to herdsmen losing source of livelihood which has resulted in the criminal ones.

The 'Nigerian government' is not a dictatorship to enforce any solutions, and consensus is needed in an issue like this.

The federal govt needed regional co-operation which was not forthcoming because the south saw it all as an attempted Fulani land grab and nothing else.

Rosskiiku:
The herdsmen crisis is a WEST AFRICAN phenomenon, as the desertification of the Sahara accelerates, forcing herders to migrate ever southwards to graze their cattle.

See Ghana News:

Livelihoods under threat as herdsmen invade Kwamang farmlands at Kwamang

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Livelihoods-under-threat-as-herdsmen-invade-Kwamang-farmlands-at-Kwamang-1224913

It is a big problem in Ghana now. Just google ''Ghana herdsmen''.

They even killed some Fulanis in southern Ghana last week.

In South Sudan yesterday, 40 peole were killed. According to the news, ''this conflict... stemmed from disagreements between Arab herdsmen and non-Arab farmers in South Darfur.''

https://www.voanews.com/africa/40-people-killed-ethnic-clashes-west-darfur-un-says

So this is a region-wide issue caused by the encroaching Sahara and climate change.

But instead of us to recognise the issue for what it is, and co-operate to handle it well, we are screaming that it is a ''long-planned Fulani takeover of the South!!''

And now we are looking to start fighting and killing!

Tufia.

You always have an excuse handy for all Nigeria’s shortcomings.

From blaming the whites to now desertification.

Next you will tell us how blacks are superior and Nigeria is the greatest country on earth...

But also how Nigeria doesn’t have enough money to build infrastructure

Rosskiiku:


That is a very evil and selfish way to look at the issue.

What if perchance God had created you a northerner?

How would you feel reading what you just typed?

You are finding excuses for the Fulani herdsmen atrocities everywhere they go. Was desertification the reason they killed in the 70's and 80's.

Let's assume they is issue of desertification, what happened to ranching being practics all over the world. Are Fulanis incapable of ranching? Is there no land to buy and ranch? Is there no platform to complain to government about menace of climate change? Are Fulanis conscience dead to destroy host farm lands and kill them if they dare talk?


The way you guys reason at times baffles me. Fulani herders should embrace modern practice.

VaselineCrew:


You always have an excuse handy for all Nigeria’s shortcomings.

From blaming the whites to now desertification.

Next you will tell us how blacks are superior and Nigeria is the greatest country on earth...

But also how Nigeria doesn’t have enough money to build infrastructure

What is this peabrain on about?

Are you even aware that Nigeria has over 100 billion dollars worth of infrastructural projects ongoing as we speak?

Mr Bodyguard for whites. Icheoku. In khaki shorts and singlet standing at attention.

Yes, if whites massacred and looted the whole world to enrich themselves, we must recognise that and call it out for the EVIL it was.

And increased desertification is not an ''excuse''.

It is a fact attested to by science and research, and which, if you had a working brain in your head, you would have easily deduced by reading the other instances of the herdsmen crisis across West Africa and the Sahel, which I posted, with links.

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Climate Change and Farmer – Herder Conflicts in West Africa

October 2017

In book: Climate Change, Security Risks and Conflict Reduction in Africa (pp.11-44)

Linkages between climate change and conflict and political solutions

Author: Charlene Cabo

Nomadic and semi-nomadic herders such as the Fulbe have a long history of migrating and also of building relationships with various sedentary farming populations in West Africa. These contacts can take various forms, from coexistence to cooperation or competition and even to conflicts over shared natural renewable resources, namely fresh water and land, which can be referred to as Common-Pool Resources (CPRs) .

The effects of climate change are already being felt in these regions, and the IPCC forecasts that they will significantly increase, with more irregular precipitation and rising temperatures. These changes could aggravate land degradation and increase the frequency of droughts, and consequently lead to declining food production and a decline in the availability of water.

Climate change is thus putting a strain on delicate relationships between farmers and herders, because of its effect on CPRs. Herders and farmers of the drylands of West Africa are indeed highly vulnerable to changes in the availability of CPRs.

In a context where the object of the conflict plays (or is perceived to play) a key role in the survival of the parties, there are risks of an escalation to violence and a destabilization of the security of both communities. Agro-pastoral conflicts might increase in frequency and intensity in the coming years. However, a conflict reduction lens can be applied to these climate-change-induced or -aggravated farmer–herder conflicts over CPRs in general and in particular in West Africa.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309442498_Climate_Change_and_Farmer-Herder_Conflicts_in_West_Africa

Lol what a bunch of foolishness instead of them to buy land and ranch like their wiser competitors they engage in criminality and make themselves a societal nuisance.

Blue3k:
Lol what a bunch of foolishness instead of them to buy land and ranch like their wiser competitors they engage in criminality and make themselves a societal nuisance.

It's very easy to tell people to ''buy land'' when it is not YOU being required to dig into your pockets.

Imagine if every southern trader or farmer had to first ''buy land'' before they could run their business.

Majority would resort to begging or violence.

The problem needs a collaborative approach between north and south, NOT the ''you are on your own'' type approach, and most certainly, not an approach based on ethnic hatred, suspicion, and animosity.

We are human beings, and we are equipped to handle our problems like adults.

Rosskiiku:


It's very easy to tell people to ''buy land'' when it is not YOU being required to dig into your pockets.

Imagine if every southern trader or farmer had to first ''buy land'' before they could run their business.

Majority would resort to begging or violence.

The problem needs a collaborative approach between north and south, NOT the ''you are on your own'' type solution.

You do have to buy land to farm so your arguement is foolish. If you dont own land then lease it. It cant do either borrow. If thats not an option then sell, being a foolish criminal isnt justified because you poor. It's nobody fault you're poor and dont have forward thinking.

Rosskiiku:
The herdsmen crisis is a WEST AFRICAN phenomenon, as the desertification of the Sahara accelerates, forcing herders to migrate ever southwards to graze their cattle.

See Ghana News:

Livelihoods under threat as herdsmen invade Kwamang farmlands at Kwamang

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Livelihoods-under-threat-as-herdsmen-invade-Kwamang-farmlands-at-Kwamang-1224913

It is a big problem in Ghana now. Just google ''Ghana herdsmen''.

They even killed some Fulani herdsmen in southern Ghana last week.

In South Sudan yesterday, 40 peole were killed. According to the news, ''this conflict... stemmed from disagreements between Arab herdsmen and non-Arab farmers in South Darfur.''

https://www.voanews.com/africa/40-people-killed-ethnic-clashes-west-darfur-un-says

So this is a region-wide issue caused by the encroaching Sahara and climate change.

But instead of us to recognise the issue for what it is, and co-operate to handle it well, we are screaming that it is a ''long-planned Fulani takeover of the South!!''

And now we are looking to start fighting and killing!

Tufiakwa.

Who did this to us?

That is definitely not an excuse to kill and drive others off their ancestral Lands

Plant drought resistant Crops and forage and use irrigation like Isreal and China did.


Herdsmen dare not try nonsense in Ghana there is a shoot Cows on sight policy.

Rosskiiku:


What is this peabrain on about?

Are you even aware that Nigeria has over 100 billion dollars worth of infrastructural projects ongoing as we speak?

Mr Bodyguard for whites. Icheoku. In khaki shorts and singlet standing at attention.

Yes, if whites massacred and looted the whole world to enrich themselves, we must recognise that and call it out for the EVIL it was.

And increased desertification is not an ''excuse''.

It is a fact attested to by science and research, and which, if you had a working brain in your head, you would have easily deduced by reading the other instances of the herdsmen crisis across West Africa and the Sahel, which I posted, with links.

Every time, “whites stole, whites stole”

Yet you refuse to acknowledge your own thieves and slave traders, like the likes of Ganduje putting money meant for roads in his agbada and caught red handed, but still given clout by political urchins.

That money for instance, could build a few Kilometers of road, or some other form of public infrastructure, which would slowly pull Nigeria out of the doldrums.

You don’t have to cross the Atlantic to find thieves from centuries past, while cohabitating peacefully with, or turning a blind eye to, your current thieves; a hodgepodge of pilfering vultures.


BTW, I thought you’re always saying Nigeria is poor and can’t execute projects for the benefits of its people, but now you say we are executing projects worth billions of dollars... interesting.


Lastly, why should I support the notion that desertification is forcing some people to infringe on others property when the solution is simply ranching, instead of nomadic pastoralism?

Na you sabi

OP is known for planting questionably correct scientific theories all over the place.
Maybe, that's his level of education, or maybe he is being disingenuous.

First of all, uncontrolled grazing as practiced by Fulanis is one reason for desert expansion. Science has since demonstrated that uncontrolled management of the environment, excessive grazing, and inability to replant trees make deserts out of savannas.

Second, any culture who is unable to adapt, improve, and modernize surely dies a natural death. Why are the Fulani locusts an exception?

Fulani have survived on the blood of others- Hausas, Ghanaians, Nupes, and others for long, thanks to the evil British plan for Africa as a whole. But for how long?

There 5 or 6 other deserts around the World, why is this one where cattle grazers must kill farmers to steal their land?

Lame excuses are certainly worse than the current bad situation on the ground, thanks to the Fulani intelligentsia like the OP for distracting from the real problem.

So they will kill.you because of desertification
may desertification give you bald head there


you're just trying to say igbo traders should start extorting and killing northerners because dollar rate is increasing


everybody should carry his cross oga

Blue3k:


You do have to buy land to farm so your arguement is foolish.

Majority of farmers in Nigeria did not ''buy their land''. Their inherited it or were allocated it by their villages as is customary.

If you don't own land then lease it. It cant do either borrow. If thats not an option then sell. Being a foolish criminal isn't justified because you poor. It's nobody fault your poor and don't have forward thinking.

That attitude will only lead to bloodshed. Maybe you love bloodshed.

Even if what you typed makes sense, it can never be effectively implemented by the herders on their own without a proper structure and framework backed by the government and all parties across the nation.

You forget that most of those herders are illiterates, and don't even know the meaning of those terms you are using, like ''lease'', ''ranching'', and so on. There needs to be a clear administrative framework to streamline any adjustment to the new realities caused by climate change.

Sitting in your parlour screaming ''they should do this and that'' is not the solution.

Rosskiiku:


Majority of farmers in Nigeria did not ''buy their land''. Their inherited it or were allocated it by their villages as is customary.



That attitude will only lead to bloodshed. Maybe you love bloodshed.

Even if what you typed makes sense, it can never be effectively implemented by the herders on their own without a proper structure and framework backed by the government and all parties across the nation.

You forget that most of those herders are illiterates, and don't even know the meaning of those terms you are using, like ''lease'', ''ranching'', and so on. There needs to be a clear administrative framework to streamline any adjustment to the new realities caused by climate change.

Sitting in your parlour screaming ''they should do this and that'' is not the solution.

Who cares that's if they inherited it. It doesn't change the premise of your arguement. If a person wants land they have to buy it. If they move north like the herdsmen are doing south they going to buy it from the locals.

They cant buy land from their fellow man without the state helping them who would've guessed. Everyone knows herdsmen are illiterate by their own decisions. They fools know the meaning of steal and kill for stuff that doesnt belong.

To wrap this up herdsmen spent generations not buying land only to become criminals and societal nuisance that needs a government bail out to secure land. Their wiser africans bought land and ranched like in south africa while they roamed about never learning to read or improve their business practices. What foolish set of people.

Rosskiiku:


Majority of farmers in Nigeria did not ''buy their land''. Their inherited it or were allocated it by their villages as is customary.



That attitude will only lead to bloodshed. Maybe you love bloodshed.

Even if what you typed makes sense, it can never be effectively implemented by the herders on their own without a proper structure and framework backed by the government and all parties across the nation.

You forget that most of those herders are illiterates, and don't even know the meaning of those terms you are using, like ''lease'', ''ranching'', and so on. There needs to be a clear administrative framework to streamline any adjustment to the new realities caused by climate change.

Sitting in your parlour screaming ''they should do this and that'' is not the solution.

Must one be literate to know to know what it means to rent land for his or her business? Is it rocket science? Should Igbo traders in the north who struggle to pay rent and sometimes even fail to afford it also resort to killing the indigenous people so that the northern governments will give them land?

VaselineCrew:


Every time, “whites stole, whites stole”

Yet you refuse to acknowledge your own thieves and slave traders, like the likes of Ganduje putting money meant for roads in his agbada and caught red handed, but still given clout by political urchins.

Did you acknowledge and condemn the grand theft and financial brigandage of the Jonathan regime?

If you did not, and are now attacking Buhari - a far less corrupt administration, then you are a hypocrite who needs to STFU.

That money for instance, could build a few Kilometers of road, or some other form of public infrastructure, which would slowly pull Nigeria out of the doldrums.

You don’t have to cross the Atlantic to find thieves from centuries past, while cohabitating peacefully with, or turning a blind eye to, your current thieves; a hodgepodge of pilfering vultures.

The Buhari administration has probably rehabilitated more roads in the last 3 years than PDP did in 16 years, YOU DAMN HYPOCRITE.

The Ganduje you are attacking, GO to Kano and see how he is transforming the place, with first class infrastructure.

BTW, I thought you’re always saying Nigeria is poor and can’t execute projects for the benefits of its people, but now you say we are executing projects worth billions of dollars... interesting.

Oh Nigeria is certainly not a rich country. Her annual budget is a pitiful 35 billion dollars for 210 million people, while South Africa's is 125 billon USD for 60 million people. The USA is 7.6 trillion, UK 1.7 trillion etc.

So, much of our project financing comes from strategic borrowing. Not borrowing actual money and embezzling it like PDP did, but by getting nations like China to fund projects to say 70 or 80% while we pay the balance.

Lastly, why should I support the notion that desertification is forcing some people to infringe on others property when the solution is simply ranching, instead of nomadic pastoralism?

It is not as easy as you make it sound. According to the UK Guardian newspaper,

''In 2018, the [Nigerian] federal government proposed colonies for cattle and funded grazing camps across various states in the country. But local leaders were resistant, and fears grew in the south in particular that ethnic groups such as the Muslim Fulani would use the scheme to grab land. Some researchers estimate that the members of the Fulani ethnic group own 90% of Nigeria’s livestock.

As the climate crisis continues, the government has set up the National Livestock Transformation Plan, which aims to modernise the livestock sector through a series of phased interventions from 2018 to 2027. Ranches for breeding and processing will be created, and several pilot projects have already been established. But this plan, too, is encountering difficulties. According to Khalid Salisu, a journalist in one of the pilot project regions, “It doesn’t serve the needs of cattle herders adequately. The herders in the ranches are struggling to find enough water and pastures to keep their herds alive during the dry season.”

In the absence of effective solutions from the central government, states and communities are proposing various remedies. In Benue state, southern Nigeria, for example, legislation in 2017 banned open cattle grazing. The law required herders to rent or buy lands to host their ranches.

The heart of the problem is the need to persuade herders to give up treating land and water as a free resource. It will be difficult to persuade them to move to capital-intensive ranching, said Ubah.

The herdsmen, for whom the policies are meant, should be directly involved

Abubakar Sambo, the leader of the northern community in Enugu state, says the herders must be consulted before fresh initiatives are launched. “The policies received by cattle herders largely on radio and television cannot work. The herdsmen, for whom the policies are meant, should be directly involved.” He believes younger herders need to be educated and sent to study model ranching systems in other countries.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/11/nigeria-cattle-crisis-how-drought-and-urbanisation-led-to-deadly-land-grabs

You see, there are literally MILLIONS of herdsmen in Nigeria.

You cannot sit down somewhere and say ''They should do this''. Some might. many won't. Human nature.

Most are illiterate and don't know the first thing about ranching, for starters. Most couldn't even read a lease agreement, never mind understanding its contents, so what do you mean by telling them to go and buy land or lease land'' etc?

We need a more strategic and comprehensive approach than the ''you are on your own'' approach, which is what is leading to the violence.

Maduawuchukwu:


Must one be literate to know to know what it means to rent land for his or her business?

YES, YES , YES!!!

Is it rocket science?

For someone who cannot read, it IS even more difficult than rocket science.

Should Igbo traders in the north who struggle to pay rent and sometimes even fail to afford it also resort to killing the indigenous people so that the northern governments will give them land?

If THOUSANDS of Igbo traders in the north were suddenly forced to abandon their business in Kano and flee into neighbouring towns due to some climatic issue, and met resistance from the locals, yes they will probably pull out their guns to enforce their stay in the new abodes. At least some would. Survival is a human instinct, and is not dependent on ethnicity.

Worn out and tired excuses made to protect the bloody activities of a wayward group whose stock in trade is to kill, maim and destroy...
Erosion is dealing with us in Imo state but we haven't gone to Kano and Oyo to cut off limbs and ears while raping mothers and daughters..
Those of you who try to excuse the evil deeds of Buhari and his brothers without calling for purnishments for those who have ransacked communities while killing innocent villagers are nothing but vintage scoundrels..

Blue3k:


Who cares that's if they inherited it. It doesn't change the premise of your arguement. If a person wants land they have to buy it. If they move north like the herdsmen are doing south they going to buy it from the locals.

They cant buy land from their fellow man without the state helping them who would've guessed. Everyone knows herdsmen are illiterate by their own decisions. They fools know the meaning of steal and kill for stuff that doesnt belong.

To wrap this up herdsmen spent generations not buying land only to become criminals and societal nuisance that needs a government bail out to secure land. Their wiser africans bought land and ranched like in south africa while they roamed about never learning to read or improve their business practices. What foolish set of people.

If you had been born into a poor Fulani family in Sokoto, you would have been EXACTLY like one of those herders you are insulting.

Probably worse.

You are only LUCKY to be born a southern, educated, pampered, middle class person who now feels superior, courtesy of accident of birth.

Whenever you see people who are generally less fortunate than you are, instead of regarding them with pomposity, say a silent thanks to your maker with the words, ''There but for the grace of God go I.''

owobokiri:
Worn out and tired excuses made to protect the bloody activities of a wayward group whose stock in trade is to kill, maim and destroy...
Erosion is dealing with us in Imo state but we haven't gone to Kano and Oyo to cut off limbs and ears while raping mothers and daughters..

No. You've only gone to South Africa, India, Thailand, and Japan to sell cocaine and heroin which kills more people than herdsmen, while tarnishing Nigeria's name.

criuze:
So they will kill.you because of desertification
may desertification give you bald head there


you're just trying to say igbo traders should start extorting and killing northerners because dollar rate is increasing


everybody should carry his cross oga

This discussion is far above your level.

Kindly stay out.

WE need educated people in here, not thoughtless street touts.

Rosskiiku:


If you had been born into a poor Fulani family in Sokoto, you would have been EXACTLY like one of those herders you are insulting.

You are only LUCKY to be born a southern, educated, pampered, middle class person who now feels superior, courtesy of accident of birth.

Whenever you see people who are generally less fortunate than you are, instead of regarding them haughtily, say a silent thanks to your maker with the words, ''There but for the grace of God go I.''

Yawn nobody cares about the pity party nonsense you're spewing. Nobody chooses the circumstances of their birth so it's irrelevant. Everyone does make decisions their decisions that can better their lot in life. They choose not to go to learn to read, not to invest in land and chose to engage in criminality and become a menace to society.

Instead of whining to us the weather turned them into useless criminals tell them to improve themselves. Nobody is interested in sympathizing with foolish criminals. Everyone has their own issues so these foolish criminals dont need to add their load because desertification exist.

Rosskiiku:


No. You've only gone to South Africa, India, Thailand, and Japan to sell cocaine and heroin which kills more people than herdsmen, while tarnishing Nigeria's name.

nah wah for you

Blue3k:


Yawn nobody cares about the pity party nonsense you're spewing. Nobody chooses the circumstances of their birth so it's irrelevant. Everyone does make decisions their decisions that can better their lot in life. They choose not to go to learn to read, not to invest in land and chose to engage in criminality and become a menace to society.

Instead of whining to us the weather turned them into useless criminals tell them to improve themselves. Nobody is interested in sympathizing with foolish criminals. Everyone has their own issues so these foolish criminals dont need to add their load because desertification exist.

Why not go round the entire West Africa and preach your mental and moral superiority to them, from your high, spiteful pedestal?

I'm sure they will listen to your majesty speaking from his high horse of unadulterated spite.

The problem is not limited to Nigeria.

If you don't find a way to resolve the issue amicably, even you could end up dead from the violence, plus family.

Or maybe you think you are immune from bullets, chaos, and societal destruction.