Ban herdsmen from relocating to Southern Nigeria – Ganduje
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has called for the ban on relocation of herdsmen from the North to the southern parts of Nigeria.
He said it will douse tension and stop attacks and reprisals.
Speaking in an interview with BBC, Ganduje reminded Nigerians that some herders were from outside the country as he listed “three categories” of Fulani: The Fulani people, the herders, and foreign Fulani herders involved in criminal acts.
“The moment a foreign Fulani herder invades Nigeria and commits a crime, he would be considered as Nigerian Fulani. We need to ban them from entering Nigeria”, he said.
“Secondly, herders travelling from the north to south should be banned. Those saying they should not be banned from trekking to the southern part of the country for grazing should use their children.”
Noting that grazing is a national issue, Ganduje urged the National Assembly to come up with a bill to resolve recurring farmer-herder clashes.
that will be good news if they can do that…. it will resolve this crisis once and for all….
If the government could listen to governor ganduje and make use of his advise, it will serve as an advantage to us.
Those herdsmen are really causing problems in the country because whenever they kidnapped people they always speak in Fulani.