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By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West, Dapo Akinrefon, Omeiza Ajayi, Luminous Jannamike & Shina Abubakar
Following the executive order given by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State to Fulani herdsmen illegally occupying the state’s forest reserves to vacate within seven days, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, yesterday, conceded to the demands of South-West Governors.
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The committee initially had 10 members but was later expanded to 23 members.
Lukman in a statement on Monday, titled, “Ethnic and Religious Hatred and the Deceitful Campaigns in Nigeria” argued that the implementation of the report would reposition Nigeria and end the current inter-ethnic crisis between the Yorubas and Fulani herders in the South West and ethnic clashes in other parts of the country.
“Although yet to be implemented, the report of the Mallam Nasir Committee on True Federalism provides a standard template of how a party in government should handle difficult challenges of polarisation.
“Certainly, if the party was able to move recommendations contained in the report of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai Committee to the level of implementation, the current levels of misplaced anger against the APC and the federal government in the country would have been moderated.
TODAY
January 25, 2021
In the wake of growing resentment against activities of some armed herdsmen across the country, Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress APC to take steps to implement the report of the Nasir el-Rufai Committee on True Federalism.
In a statement issued Monday in Abuja titled, ‘Ethnic and Religious Hatred and the Deceitful Campaigns in Nigeria’, Lukman said the country has become so polarized that the best way out is to implement the report of the committee which was set up under Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as National Chairman of the APC.