Well don't rejoice yet because you have only entered stage 2. Don't wait be proactive and take the battle to them. Demand state police because these guy's next level will ensure that you beg for ruga

immhotep:

RUGA is corruption.

Receive sense.


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Turantula:

My head slamming muslim friend, he only called the zombies who voted for the lifeless terrorist fools, so why are you so bitter?

Emeka bia apumaka Oooo.. nke tinghe ki ireh Ooo... even his so called Atiku Wat better plans did he has for Nigerians.. a man who could not stand camera to tell us Wat he has for us.. rather he was running away

These herdmen are bent and have resolved to continue trampling on people farmlands and livelihood with impunity.

Can't these people change this tradition? Haba

suspension of RUGA, I do not trust
mr President , he may have underground plan

ComrArk:
Nice one presidio!

did i hear you say nice one presido? he will remain a goat for bringing up the idea. the right thing to do was to even cancel it and he is suspending. let me tell you.. nigerians are standing up now, there will soon be a mass protest for him to step down no matter your love for him

Pls, choose your preferred hash tag to use at every end of your comment in any platform.......

#Buhari is a DEVIL#

#NO to ISLAMIZATION & FULANIZATION of Nigeria#

#Buhari & APC has cast SPELL on some Nigerians#

#Buhari is the leader of TERRORIST#

#Buhari is on course to ISLAMIZE & FULANIZE Nigeria#

#Fulani killers are JIHADISTS#

#Killer herders are Foot-Soldiers for ISLAMIZATION & FULANIZATION mission#

Maybe this is a strategy to make the masses divert their attention from the issue while they eventually execute their plan from the background. Behind this mischief is the Presidency, but that is too much grammar. Its still same person - PMB. He is personally responsible for this. It can be seen as his ultimate goal for his people in this second tenure.

Michdear:
By Samuel Nwite

The Rural Grazing Area (Ruga) settlement initiative by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is bringing more chaos than the supposed tranquility. Many Nigerians have taken to social media to register their displeasure over the development with hashtags such as #SayNoToRuga and plan to take to the streets on Friday. There are so far three types of Nigerians involved in the sagacious development.

Those in support of Ruga
Those not in support
Those who don’t know what Ruga is. Upon this triad, the Ruga row rests. But the third category beckons the responsibility to explain.
What is Ruga?
About a week before the Federal Executive Council (FEC) handed over, precisely on May 19th, it sat and discussed Ruga settlement for herdsmen in the 36 states across the federation. In the end of the meeting, multi-million naira contracts were approved in favor of the Ruga settlement. In defense of this decision, the ministry of agriculture issued a statement saying that Ruga is part of NLTP (National Livestock Transformation Plan).

In 2017, when the Nigerian vice president, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo was serving in the capacity of acting president, he used his office and position as the chairman of National Economic Council (NEC) to seek a solution for the incessant crisis between farmers and herdsmen that has resulted in loss of so many lives and property.

To achieve his aim of lasting peace, he started making wide consultations with service chiefs, governors, and whoever has something to offer. It lasted for about two years, and then in 2019, his efforts gave birth to a plan named National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP).

So when the ministry of agriculture attached Ruga to NLTP, that is evident of its headship by the vice president, it drew outrage and regional condemnations. The wobbling table holding the implementation of Ruga got messier when the association of cattle breeders, Miyetti Allah, added voice to the statement of the ministry of agriculture, that “Ruga is part of NLTP,” forcing the vice president to refute the claim, stating that Ruga is never part of NLTP.

(The NLTP has 5 pillars that clearly identifies what its plan and strategies of executing them are. The 5 pillars are:

Conflict Resolution
Justice and Peace
Humanitarian Relief & early Recovery
Human Capital Development
Cross Cutting Issues.
Ruga is not in any way mentioned or attached to these pillars of priority areas. The main goal was to foster federal support in implementing the transformation of the livestock sector through the establishment of ranches, improved fodder production, economic investment into associated value chains, and importantly, compensating those affected by the violence for their losses.)

Unprecedented uproar ensued, with the South-East and South-South Governors vehemently refusing the Ruga settlement plan, those in the South West were divided, and so it is in the North. This is one of the reasons: According to the land use act of 1977, all land in a state is the custody of the Governor on behalf of the people. Apart from few areas where the FGN has exclusive jurisdiction over, areas like lands for rail line, seaport, airport etc. In view of this, the Ruga settlement seems more like a land grabbing invasion by the FG, which is instigating curious concerns.

The words on the streets and social media were that the FGN is on nepotistic land grabbing mission. A “misconception” that the FGN tried to clear through the issued statement that explained what Ruga is all about and how the governments plan to make it happen. According to the statement, ‘Ruga settlement’ is a provisional rural settlement for migrant pastoral families. Its aim is to provide them with basic amenities such as schools, hospitals, road networks, vet clinics, markets and manufacturing entities that will process and add value to meats and animal products.

In the light of the insecurity and threat posed by open grazing, the FGN sees it as a means to achieve peaceful coexistence between herders, farmers, and their host communities. The statement also added that participation by state governments is voluntary. So far, there have been 12 states that indicated interest in piloting Ruga through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, and that’s enough to start with.

Although the statement explained so many things about Ruga, it didn’t calm the protests. There were suspicious loopholes, and it didn’t take a while to figure them out. For instance, Benue state has for long distanced itself from any programme that requires giving out land for cattle rearing, but to everyone’s surprise, it’s one of the 12 states said to have indicated interest. In fact, the FGN, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, has contracted Clear Sky Broad Band Ventures Limited to execute the Grazing Reserve Project at Otobi road, Oturkpo, before the Ministry of Agriculture wrote to the Benue state government seeking approval for the project.

source: provided by author
More to that, the opinion that has strongly opposed the Ruga development is that Cattle Rearing is a private venture just like every other privately owned business that runs in Nigeria. And it’s wrong for the FGN and states to spend taxpayers money funding private business, especially when there is no provision for that in the budget. The funding depends on the volunteered states and FGN. Each of the states is expected to provide N5billion and the FGN will match up the money. So for the 11 states that have volunteered so far (Benue excluded) N55 billion is expected. The more states indicate interest, the more funds the Ruga settlement plan will have.

What the presidency failed to explain in its statement is where Ruga emerged from. Since evidently it’s not part of NLTP that the vice president and NEC approved, or if the presidency is abandoning the well-articulated NLTP all of a sudden to embrace Ruga without consulting NEC. NLTP was developed through wide consultations involving all the 36 Governors and every stakeholder that matters. For about 2 years, the vice president, Prof. Osinbajo got everyone on board, discussed parts and parcel of it, and in the end, everyone nodded in agreement, prompting the Governors to make provisional budgetary allocation for NLTP in their respective states. This is the ranching deal that Nigerians know about and expected to be implemented. There is belief that the FG has reneged on NLTP, trying to play smart on NEC and the office of the vice president.

The sudden emergence of Ruga is stoking a lateral polity that may eventually set gloom precedents. Disorderliness in the presidency is one of them, lack of trust in the government is another, and more dangerously, the tendency of corporations or business associations constituting a menace just to get the government to dance to their tone.

The office of the president through FEC and the office of the vice president through NEC seem to be in disagreement regarding the best way to solve the farmer/herder crisis. And they are washing their dirty undies in the public.

The people are seeing more reasons to cling to their space of distrust in their relationship with the government. “Don’t believe anything they tell you” is a common sentence with a bitter meaning among Nigerians. It connotes the belief that there is a coated evil in every of government’s plans. Therefore, they should not be trusted even when there is an explanation to their actions.

Most Nigerians believe that the federal government is being economical in the way it’s handling the herder/farmer crisis to the favor of herdsmen. A few or no one has been brought to book, even though the crisis has taken thousands of lives. In 2018 alone, about 2000 deaths were attributed to Fulani herdsmen, and the number keeps counting even in 2019. While the government is yielding to the yearnings of the herdsmen, from funding to settlement, it appears that the government is negotiating its way out of a hostage situation: a predicament with a negative futuristic precedent. The premonition tendency that any other business group or association may violently force the government to bend to their wishes cannot be ignored. If the antecedents are not curtailed, it will become a detrimental norm that the future will hold against the present.

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Peachy14:
Good one from a president that give a listening ear

ewoooooo! who be did one?

alsudan:
Useless monkey Islamization can never work in the 21st century

Buhari typically shows with examples that old people are tuned more to their religious beliefs than prosperity.

Nothing makes sense for Buhari more than Islamization of entire Nigeria.


This Ruga proposal which is same as settlement of terrorists in all corners of Nigeria must never rear its ugly head up again.

maasoap:


And so will the clash continue........... Do Nigerians really interested in any solution?

if the clash continues, then he is a failure! we will rally for a protest again and call for him to step down!

They are going back to re-strategize on another evil agenda to favour the herdsmen. But like this one it will surely fail.

michoim:
WHAT A GREAT LEADER THAT IS SO SENSITIVE TO PUBLIC OUTCRY. RIDE ON YOUR MAJESTY, PMB!

ewoooooooo! see this one Lol! i wont talk much because i know you. your love for the failure will never die

Who knows their next action. Because they are bent in achieving their wicked,hidden agenda.

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Nigerians should be at alert.

IT IS NOT OVER YET.

Don't think Buhari has any progressive thought in his brain.

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He will bring it back in another form
It is an agenda he vowed in 2001 to
implement nationwide. These people
don't give up. Wait for another move

All I can see is over reaction motivated by ignorance, hatred and unnecessary suspicion against a particular tribal group.
I just don't understand why anyone would be against a potential solution to the ongoing farmer/herder insecurity threat that is completely voluntary - not imposed on anyone?

Optional09:
cancel it, don’t suspend it, we don’t want to hear about it ever again and should there be any rampage in killings to prove any crazy point you will be held responsible

the idea is criminal and will always be frowned upon

The only solutions will be ranching your fvcking cows. farm lands are extremely affordable to rent or buy for anyone interested in livestock business

I wonder

loverboy442:
if the clash continues, then he is a failure! we will rally for a protest again and call for him to step down!

It depends on whether you are one of the people who gave him the mandate to lead or not.

maasoap:


It depends on whether you are one of the people who gave him the mandate to lead or not.

nah... i never supported that man one bit because i knew he couldn't lead. too old and not even agile. see eehhh you cant cheat naature.... as a baby, you'll have the brain of a baby; as you age, you brain begins to develop and wise decision can made. as you age further, the brain begins to deteriorate and one would start thinking like a baby again

Maybe Bubu just want some quality time to watch BBNaija

ItsMeAboki:
All I can see is over reaction motivated by ignorance, hatred and unnecessary suspicion against a particular tribal group.
I just don't understand why anyone would be against a potential solution to the ongoing farmer/herder insecurity threat that is completely voluntary - not imposed on anyone?

It’s not a viable solution by any means. Why have northerners kept quiet when herdsmen ran rampage and killed so many in Benue? What are you calling hate? Is that not hate? You think that others are not watching your reaction to injustice? Now the actions you took yesterday are affecting your business today!

If your brother is in power, be a good ambassador instead of seizing the opportunity to be a nuisance. Then forcing the man to implement crazy laws. The north is far bigger than any other part of Nigeria so why the desperation for this RUGA where it is not needed? Fulani can site their cattle nomad behavior in their states.

Southerners are mostly farmers so cattle herding is not viable for our existence. Shikenan. You want us to keep quiet while we are killed and our fertile land for sustenance is used to feed cow. If we die of hunger who will buy the cow?

penplus:
Maybe Bubu just want some quality time to watch BBNaija

Good you did.

We don't support blindly. We applaud when it's right and castigate or lambaste when we should.

Anyway, thunder what are you still waiting for?

We have numbers of !POB slaves waiting to receive your unforgiven strikes.

capnies:
SOLUTION TO HERDSMEN MENACE: STOP EATING BEEF

I have asked and asked why we Southerners keep crying and wailing over Fulani Herdsmen menace when the simplest yet most effective solution is to either stop eating beef or start rearing cattle by ourselves in the South. But I get no answer.
The problem of the average Southerner is his belief in white collar job hence you hear some of them say that if Northerners hold back their food and meet, the South will starve. It is only in an abnormal country like Nigeria that those living in the fertile forest region would fear that they can be starved of food by those living in the relatively barren and desert region. What an irony. Some Southerners are pure fools.

Not only to suspend it ,we don't want to hear it again

kelvinginzie:
@deomelo,i read your ruga epistle,the problem is the way Buhari have handled the herdsmen menance with kidsglove,no single fulani have been arrested. Secondly,the long term effect of ruga is dangerous,the fulani will settle with wives and children,get populated,and try to expand,and take over land with bloodshed.

Right now when crimes are allegedly committed by the herdsmen, they are hard to locate and bring to justice because they are mobile, but when they are confined to the designated location, it means you know where to go when they transgressed, it means an end to clashes between herdsmen and farmers, it means they have no business roaming around your communities, it means regulated, industrial livestock practices and extra income for state and LGs and ultimately, more jobs.

People from your own state are in other states and have settled with wives and children so what's your point? You have more rights than other Nigerians just because they are Fulani people?

Yes, we hate the fact that bad elements within the herdsmen community are killers and dangerous elements, but it doesn't mean we should fold our hands and do nothing or find and institute permanent solutions.

...besides, the program is optional, they are not forcing your state or local governments to participate so lobby your state government not to participate, it's niit by force.

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wifeesnatcher:

Ori e o pe

You need to be admitted in Gbagada hospital for 7 months

Just imagine as you're justifying the herdsmen stupidity. Should a human kill another human because of a useless grazing reason of a common animals?

Is it party support that's making you people becoming unreasonable lately. If you've said this in your native language, will anyone believe you attend elementary education at all?


Don't lemme ask thunder to strike you there. What kind of citizen is this one?

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I hate going back and forth with ignorant, unintelligent, myopic and shortsighted people

First, learn how to read and comprehend simple English words.

If you are going to criticize or argue against anything, add your own credible solutions and ideas instead of blabbing meaningless rubbish for likes on NL.

Lazy Nigerian youths just can't come up with a sane and rational solution to anything, they have nothing to offer beyond criticism, emotional and sentimental rants, tribal and sectional sentiments.

Instead of criticizing, prove to your state and FG that you have better and workable ideas that you are even free to share with us on NL.

Dpharisee:


Taah! Run away from here

to where?

baby124:

It’s not a viable solution by any means. Why have northerners kept quiet when herdsmen ran rampage and killed so many in Benue? What are you calling hate? Is that not hate? You think that others are not watching your reaction to injustice? Now the actions you took yesterday are affecting your business today!

If your brother is in power, be a good ambassador instead of seizing the opportunity to be a nuisance. Then forcing the man to implement crazy laws. The north is far bigger than any other part of Nigeria so why the desperation for this RUGA where it is not needed? Fulani can site their cattle nomad behavior in their states.

Southerners are mostly farmers so cattle herding is not viable for our existence. Shikenan. You want us to keep quiet while we are killed and our fertile land for sustenance is used to feed cow. If we die of hunger who will buy the cow?

I have no time to respond to incoherent bigotry - pls re-post with more intelligence, then you'll get appropriate response.

...i thought it was reported that sambisa forest is the size of lagos state...why can't the area be reserved for ruga...

...we should very watchful and be alert, they will come with something different for the herdsmen...