The Niger Delta leaders under the
auspices of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, have said no land in the region
would be released for the proposed cattle colony.
PANDEF made the remark at a
meeting held at the Kiagbodo country-home of its leader, Chief Edwin Clark in
Burutu, Delta State, on Thursday.
In a communiqué issued at the end
of the meeting, which was signed by Clark and read by one of its leaders,
Olivia Agbajoh to journalists, PANDEF challenged the Buhari-led Federal
Government to treat the business of animal husbandry in the country as a
commercial activity.
The communiqué reads, “The people
of the Niger Delta expressed solidarity with the people of Benue State and
other parts of the country where communities have suffered untold menace and
brutality in the hands of Fulani herdsmen.
“We rejected the idea of setting
up cattle colonies around the country and advised the Federal Government to
handle this sensitive matter with tact and treat the issue of animal husbandry
as commercial transaction which should be left in the hands of relevant
stakeholders.
“PANDEF emphasises that no Niger
Delta land will be available for such cattle colonies.”
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