Fulani socio-cultural group, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore,
says herdsmen won’t be at a disadvantage if Nigeria is divided.
Spokesman for the group, Saleh Alhassan, spoke on Wednesday
while speaking to Punch
According to him, northern governors would develop the
livestock value chain if they stop getting “oil money” from the Federal
Government.
Growing disaffection and dissatisfaction in the country had made some persons declare their support for Yoruba Nation and Biafra Republic.
Popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho; as well as the Chairman of socio-political group, the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, Prof Banji Akintoye, and other proponents of self-determination had last week declared their allegiance for the Yoruba Nation.
A former militant in the Niger Delta region, Mujahid
Asari-Dokubo, had also recently announced himself as the leader of the new
Biafra de facto Customary Government, citing “injustice and marginalisation” on
the Igbo people as the reason for his aspiring for a “better life for his
people”.
However, the Miyetti Allah spokesman said the secession of
parts of the country would provide an opportunity for the north to grow its own
resources, adding that Nigeria is suffering from “resource curse”.
Alhassan also said the vacation order issued by Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, that herdsmen vacate Ondo forest reserves or register with the state government was capable of setting the country on fire should northern elements issue a counter order to evict Yorubas living in the north.
He said, “Why that quit (notice) is not good is because it
is going to have an implication. If you have jobless youths in the north in the
name of one coalition or the other issuing counter quit notices, are you not
creating tension in the country? It is not good for the country.
“If we want to restructure the country or divide this
country, we should sit down on a round table and say this is how we want to
share this country, or this how we want to exist. It is as simple as that.
“Do you think if they divide Nigeria today, the herders will
be at the disadvantage? No. If there is no oil at the centre, won’t the
northern governors develop livestock? Who are the custodians of livestock, is
it not the Fulani herders?
“So, what we are facing is what is called ‘resource curse’
–the oil we have has become a curse on us. If our governors were not collecting
oil money, we would have flourishing ranches, flourishing grazing reserves, a
lot of companies would be producing animal feeds and all the value chains would
have been harnessed.
“But when governors
wake up every morning to collect oil money at the centre and then they begin to
negotiate for power-sharing here and there, this is what we have.”
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