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By Henry Umoru & Levinus Nwabughiogu
THE Senate yesterday shut down the proposal by Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, that cattle movement from the north to the southern part of the country be banned to put a stop to farmers and herders’ clashes.
The governor had, while on a visit to Presidential Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, proposed that a law be made to stop such movements but the Senate replied him, saying such a law would be unconstitutional, even as two senators, Biodun Olujimi, PDP, Ekiti South, and Emmanuel Bwacha, PDP, Taraba South, concurred with the governor.
By Deji Elumoye
The recurring clashes between farmers and herdsmen may soon become a thing of the past if the federal government accedes to the proposal of Kano state government for the total ban of movement of cattle from the Northern to the Southern part of the country.
This is just as some Northern governors advised the new service chiefs to hit the ground running with a view to surmounting the security challenges facing the nation.
Governor Umar Ganduje, while canvassing for the enactment of a law to ban movement of cattle from the North to other parts of the country said this would resolve the incessant incidences of clashes between farmers and herders.