₦airaland Forum

How to end the unrest in Northern Nigeria

The root cause of why Boko Haram was formed is the rudderlessness of Nigeria. The Kanuri youths that formed Boko Haram believed their land, the traditional Kanem Borno in Nigeria and Chad had it better before colonisation. They believe the root cause of the malaise in Nigeria is the adoption of western values. They therefore reject those western values and are pushing for the Islamization or dissolution of Nigeria.
For now, the Boko Haram is semi quiet because they are running vast swathes of the North East. A CNN report said a while back that they are collecting over 200 million dollars in revenue per annum and you can not be collecting revenue and be causing trouble and unrest at the same time.
It must be noted that if not for federal allocations, Boko Haram would be the effective government in their traditional base now. Boko Haram is partly successful because they are collecting revenue.

The root cause of banditry in the North west and North Central Nigeria is the struggle for resources between farmers and herders. There may be some opportunists who are freelance kidnappers and bandits but the root cause is nomadic cattle rearing which is something no human being should be doing in the twenty first century.
The problem started in the North east and it was originally not related to nomadic cattle rearing but it is now in the North central and Northwest and it is now substantially caused by nomadic cattle rearing
The way to effectively end the banditry, kidnapping and etc in the Northwest and North Central is to, even if gradually, end nomadic cattle rearing. It is surprising that governments at all levels have not invested in cattle ranching despite all what the country is going through. If government want a business model in the country then they ought to invest in it even if they are going to privatize it later. Other people will then take a cue from government. Government has immense resources and cattle ranching is not rocket science. It is something done all over the world. If all government tiers have at least a one thousand head cattle ranch, it will be close to two million heads of cattle in government hands and we have around ten million heads in the country presently according to reports.
If nobody is allowed to roam the forests whether with or without cattle, the problem will end naturally.
It is better to make hay while the sun shines because the Northwest especially is prone to sprouting Boko Haram like groups that have nothing to do with nomadic cattle rearing if that is not the case already. The area has seen it in the past during the Maitatsene events
Lastly, it is said that ninety percent of Miyetti Allah cattle dealers are not Nigerians, therefore Nigeria can not guarantee land for them. We can't give them grazing reserves, grazing routes and etc. That idea should be jettisoned. Then there is no amount of land given to a nomad that can be enough. They will want everything. The problem is that they want to roam the animals instead of taking feed to them and there is no way they will not continue clashing with farmers if they are allowed to continue their old ways.
If they want to breed cattle in Nigeria they can easily get land for ranches and vehicles to be getting fodder to the animals.

In conclusion, government should lead and all local governments, state governments and federal government and even institutions should invest in cattle ranching

The nomadic cattle rearers should be given a deadline to station their cattle in one place where they will be getting feed to them and roaming cattle should be criminalized. It should be realized that even pigs used to be roamed in the past. How will it look like today if piggery owners let the animals loose on us?. The nomads should stay in one place and live normal lives.

You want to make them stay in one people who have a different motive other than rearing cattles, they want to seize lands they believe belongs to tjemyand in doing so, they want to kill the natives.


Tinubu has failed this country but because he is power hungry he rather die than getat of that place.

When it's most politicians that own most of those cattle oooooooooooooooooo

Ranching the cattles is one way forward. Every state should invest massively in it. But no Eastern state should sell any parcel of land to Fulani to establish anything. They can be employed as workers in the ranch, but they must not become owners.
Those guys are very ev*l. Give them a yard they take mile.

BeardedMeat:
Ranching the cattles is one way forward. Every state should invest massively in it. But no Eastern state should sell any parcel of land to Fulani to establish anything. They can be employed as workers in the ranch, but they must not become owners.
Those guys are very ev*l. Give them a yard they take mile.

There is no big deal in giving them land for ranches. You can do it on partnership basis. You need a water source and sheds then vehicles for hay collection. It is said that 1000 heads will need vegetation from 1000 hectares

DavidVsGoliath:
You want to make them stay in one people who have a different motive other than rearing cattles, they want to seize lands they believe belongs to tjemyand in doing so, they want to kill the natives.


Tinubu has failed this country but because he is power hungry he rather die than getat of that place.

There is no way you can be roaming with cattle and avoid problem with farmers. It is not possible even if you are a good person

Immediately you said the root cause bis herders farmer clash I just knew you don't know what you are saying..keep deceiving yourselves

lawani:
There is no big deal in giving them land for ranches. You can do it on partnership basis. You need a water source and sheds then vehicles for hay collection. It is said that 1000 heads will need vegetation from 1000 hectares

I will not support surrendering ownership of land to Fulani. I bet you know why. It might look good and peaceful initially, but in 30 to 40 years to come, by then they have gained ground, they will bring out their nature through Islam.

BeardedMeat:
I will not support surrendering ownership of land to Fulani. I bet you know why. It might look good and peaceful initially, but in 30 to 40 years to come, by then they have gained ground, they will bring out their nature through Islam.

The land for ranching is insignificant. They won't own the land the hay or cattle feed comes from. For a 1000 head ranch, it will just be waste vegetation cut from the surrounding 1000 hectares