The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria, the umbrella body for cattle breeders in the country,
has described the recent quit notice issued on its members in Benue State as a
joke, useless and uncalled for.
The General Secretary of the
organisation, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, said that the development was part of the
attempts by miscreants and troublemakers to sow tension and confusion with the
sole aim of looting.
The coalition of Middle Belt
youths, under the aegis of the Middle Belt Renaissance Forum, had asked
herdsmen to vacate the region before October 1, 2017.
While reacting to the matter,
Ngelzarma said, “The Fulani society is a productive one in the country that
contributes to the general protein need of the people by providing milk, meat
and chicken livestock.
“Therefore, they are not
parasites. They are productive and contribute to the overall Gross Domestic
Product of the country.
“Our members should be
law-abiding, but not obey the quit notice because as far as we are concerned,
it is useless.”
Also, the Adamawa State chapter
of the association said that it was opposed to any call asking Fulani herdsmen
to leave any part of Nigeria, maintaining that they had inalienable rights as
citizens.
The Chairman of MACBAN in the
state, Alhaji Jaoji Isa, said, “The call is rather misplaced. No single group
can ask another to leave its land because we are all Nigerians. We all have
rights to live anywhere.
“So this call is very wrong and
we urge the Federal Government to do something about this discrimination
against Fulani herdsmen by various groups.”
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