Paramount ruler and King (Oluwo)
of Iwo land, Osun state, Nigeria, HIM Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi has
lambasted the Federal government of Nigeria for allowing grazing and cattle
roaming.
The monarch said such is barbaric
and should be abolished at once as it does not conform to modernization and
21st century development of any country.
Oba AbdulRasheed made this
statement yesterday during a meeting with stakeholders at his palace focusing
on solutions to herdsmen incessant attacks on innocent Nigerians.
He said no government that wants
to move forward will encourage grazing and that there’s no place in the world
where government acquires land on behalf of herdsmen for the purpose of cattle
grazing.
He added that the herdsmen can
either rent, lease or buy lands for pen/byre construction to house their cattle
and that it is at the farmer’s or land owner’s discretion to sell to them.
“The herdsmen got it wrong due to
lack of education towards animal farming in the 21st century. The alternative
to grazing is pen with sufficient hay storage.
“This will help restrict the cows
to the confines of the pen, which is a controlled area. That is how it is done
in advanced country. You can never see herdsmen grazing cattle in Europe.
“The herdsmen can even purchase hays
to feed the cows can be purchased from the farmers thereby establishing and
sustaining a peaceful affinity with farmers across Nigeria,” Oluwo added.
Oba AbdulRasheed, however,
advised the federal government that the solution to Fulani herdsmen/farmers
recurring clash is proper orientation and education on modernized animal
farming and not acquiring hectares of land on behalf of herdsmen as grazing
zone across the federation.
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