The Federal Government is to build ranches for herdsmen as part of measures to address perennial herdsmen/farmers’ clashes, it was learnt.
It said park rangers, men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other security agencies, would be trained to protect the ranches from being looted by hoodlums.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, spoke in Abuja yesterday at the inauguration of an inter-ministerial committee on Security.
He said because of the challenging times, the government would protect investments.
Ogbeh said the government would curb herdsmen/farmers’ clashes to assure indigenous and foreign investors of the safety of their investments.
His words: “The problem we are facing is the security of investment. We are inviting Nigerians and foreigners to invest, especially in the agriculture industry. The crime rate is soaring and sometimes, criminality is carried out because there is no credible intelligence.
“We are planning to build ranches and bring our cattle rearers in manageable conditions, where herdsmen and farmers would no longer have clashes. We will encourage agro-investment and we assure investors; indigenous and foreign, that Nigeria is serious about investment and about protecting investors.”
The minister said the committee would work out modalities for training and deployment of security personnel for the project.
He cautioned the security operatives against abandoning their duties.
“You should not become private bodyguards or errand boys,” Ogbeh warned.
Minister of Interior Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazzau (rtd) said investment protection was important ito increase investors’ confidence in the country. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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From where are they expected to get the fund? Oil abi? So herdsmen are doing humanitarian service kwo? Will they pay rent on the ranches? How is government going to recoup the money invested? Hehehehe! So Fulani herdsmen are doing essential services no longer private businesses.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect?..... Your president is a Fulani/Herdman
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He is identifying with his own!
Tolu abi help me ask,d partiality in dis country is too much abeg.they should force dis cattle rearers to buy their own lands and build ranches,afterall its their private businesses,abi na federal biz now? And if any rearer is found parabulatin dat their stupid cows should be made to face d law and some yrs in jail,mschewwww instead they are being petted and supported wit fed's moni.God will punish Buhari I swear,not after dis stupid herdsmen av taken so many souls already.d injustice of it all is sooo annoying
ReplyDelete...after all dis u expect an ijaw,IGBO,or yoruba man to believe in d false "one nigeria"?...
ReplyDeleteDey should also provide fish farms 4 d niger deltans whose waters av been. Spoiled over d years as a result of gov. Activities.
They should also compensate d fallen hero's of the biafran struggle,since biafra was absorbed back into nigeria# I ask U my ppl WHO IS FOOLING WHO?
I just wonder.After confessing that the herdsmen are working for some of them.They equipped them to kill innocent people on their farms, and when any of their animals is killed, the whole town including their kings and chiefs will be arrested and made to pay for it.This is corruption. Audu Ogbe, how many heads of cattle do you have?. God is watching you.
ReplyDeleteAudu ogbe is the greatest hypocrite I ever seen.government sponsoring private business. The acts of the herdsmen are criminal and should be treated as such but not to apeace them.we don't need cow meet in this country,they should carry their cow meat away.we font need it
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