₦airaland Forum

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said he is ready to give land to Fulani herders who are ready to ranch their cattle.

The Governor spoke in Abuja at the weekend during the 72nd birthday of Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico.

Ortom, who was represented by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Dennis Ityavyar, dismissed insinuation that the Tiv nation hates the Fulani, stressing that the age-long relationship between the two tribes still exists.

“Those who have a lot of cattle are still using ranching, and any Fulani person who wants to establish a ranching in Benue will have the land. Even if our ‘Chairman’ wants to start a ranch, he will get the land today.

”We will give you land and start the ranching today, so that people will see it as a model and wherever we go, we want to correct the impression because if you read history, you will see that we have always been friends with Fulani,” he said.

Recall that the state had in recent times suffered several attacks from suspected armed Fulani herdsmen over clashes with farmers.

”We will give you land and start the ranching today, so that people will see it as a model and wherever we go, we want to correct the impression because if you read history, you will see that we have always been friends with Fulani,” he said.

Mangekyo:
Something must've happened to this man overnight. Wtf is this?

SATANICALLY:
https://dailypost.ng/2021/06/28/ranching-we-have-land-for-fulani-herders-gov-ortom/

pedrilo:
Read people.
It is for ranching.
Ban on open grazing remains

tamdun:
Ortom just dey play politics with benue people life, this man has done nothing for his people other than sentiment politics, hope no b this man dey take style kill him people because he's doing little or nothing to stop the killings

tamdun:
Ortom just dey play politics with benue people life, this man has done nothing for his people other than sentiment politics, hope no b this man dey take style kill him people because he's doing little or nothing to stop the killings

TripleOh7:
Whether for ranching or branching or franching or tranching, he just made the biggest mistake of the lives of his people.

Should the Fulanis accept this gesture, it'll take just a few years before they establish emirates all over the state and impose their religion and culture forcefully on the people there.

Before you know it you have been colonized by the Fulanis just like the Hausas.

pedrilo:
So are u saying he shud deny fellow Nigerians their fundamental rights to movement and to live in a certain part of Nigeria?
That's nonsense
I support the gov to giv them land to buy/lease for ranching, and set up a commission to regulate their activities.
That is what a sane govt does.
Go away with ur ipobic ideology

yemobrown:
Read carefully, otom has not changed his position. What he clarified is that "if you're interested in ranching, there's land for you in Benue", but the conventional open grazing is not allowed anymore in Benue". Get a landed property in Benue for grazing and be responsible for it.