Sixteen Nigerian states have
agreed to the establishment of cattle colonies proposed by the Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh as a solution to the
incessant herdsmen crisis.
It was gathered that some 16
states, all in the North, have volunteered land for the establishment of cattle
colonies in their domain.
The states include: Adamawa,
Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Nasarawa and Plateau.
Others are Bauchi, Gombe, Borno,
Jigawa, Yobe, Niger, Kogi and Kwara states.
According to The Punch, all the
16 states have agreed to volunteer 5,000 hectares of land each.
However, Benue and Taraba
experiencing herdsmen attacks have rejected the cattle colonies.
All the 17 states of Southern
Nigeria have also refused to volunteer land for the cattle colonies.
Recall that Governor Ayo Fayose
had vowed not to give Ekiti land for cattle colonies.
Similarly, the Oodua Peoples
Congress (OPC) rejected Federal Government’s plan to establish ‘cattle
colonies,’ in South-Western states.
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