Kebbi State Governor Abubakar
Atiku Bagudu has stated that incessant clashes between the herdsmen and farmers
in some parts of the country were caused by climate change rather than tribal
sentiment.
The governor also blamed the
crisis on the scarcity of land and resources.
He spoke at the weekend during the
“National Students and Youths Agro-Based Entrepreneurship and Empowerment
Programme” in Birnin-Kebbi.
He said “Today, we have seen the
consequences of that scarcity.
“The fishermen are not having
enough water to fish; farmers are not having enough land to farm as they used
to have, the pastoralists are not having enough grass in their vicinity and had
to wander around and now we are witnessing hostilities and animosities for what
is essentially a climate problem.
“If you go to any of the prisons
in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara predominantly you will find young Fulani that are
there because of farmers /herdsmen clash.
“The crisis is not religious, it
is not tribal it is about climate change.”
The governor said if data were
collated across the 774 LGs in the country, each of the local government area
would report a case on land crisis.
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