By Kayode Fasua
Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and Nobel Laureate, Professor âWole Soyinka, yesterday warned operatives of the stateâs chapter of the South Western Security Network (SWSN), code-named Amotekun Corps, against trampling on the rights of the citizens in the course of fighting criminality.
Abiodun has also decorated Soyinka as the Super Marshall of the Amotekun.
The governor specifically charged operatives of the Amotekun Corps to operate within the ambit of the law and diligently add value to efforts aimed at safeguarding lives and properties in the state.
Abiodun and Soyinka spoke yesterday during the official inauguration of Amotekun, which held at the Arcade Ground of the state secretariat complex, Oke -Mosan in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Blockade: DAWN Commission Meets South-West Agric Commissioners Over Food Crisis
The DAWN Commission Director-General, Mr Seye Oyeleye, held the emergency meeting on Tuesday, which was aimed at providing solutions to the food crisis – particularly products coming from northern Nigeria which had stopped due to the lingering herders-farmers’ violence in the region.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 02, 2021
The Development Agenda for Western Nigeria Commission has met with the Commissioners of Agriculture in the South-West states over the looming food crisis in the region as a result of the blockade of food supplies coming from the North.
The DAWN Commission Director-General, Mr Seye Oyeleye, held the emergency meeting on Tuesday, which was aimed at providing solutions to the food crisis – particularly products coming from northern Nigeria which had stopped due to the lingering herders-farmers’ violence in the region.
How to end farmers/herders’ crises YCE, Afenifere, Agbekoya, Hunters
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By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Ola Ajayi, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Shina Abubakar & James Ogunnaike
THE clash between farmers and herders across the coun-try has led to sorrow, tears and blood.
Already, tongues are wagging over the rising conflict between herders and farmers in Nigeria especially in the South-West which is taking a dangerous dimension if not urgently nipped in the bud.
There have been repeated calls on governments, at all levels, to wade in and calm frayed nerves by finding a lasting solution before it degenerates to a level that can no longer be salvaged.
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