RUGA Can t Bring Peace, It ll Only Worsen Nigeria s Insecurity Middle Belt Forum Backs Benue Governor
Ortom had in 2019 said Benue State had no land for the Federal Government s proposed RUGA settlements for Fulani herdsmen.
by Saharareporters, New York
Apr 30, 2021
The Middle Belt Forum has shown its support for the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, over his stance against the rural grazing area initiative introduced by the Federal Government.
In an interview with SaharaReporters on Friday, the spokesman for the forum, Inuwa Dogo, said the Middle Belt is strongly against RUGA as it will only worsen the security situation.
Governor Samuel Ortom
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Published 10 March 2021
The childish attempt by a conglomerate of Northern Nigerian elements to blockade the transport of foodstuffs and cattle to the South-Western region of Nigeria especially is inappropriate and in bad taste.
What seems to have stemmed a retaliatory step to blockade the movement of petroleum products from the South to the North was the unsolicited intervention of Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode.
Both arranged a photo-op, where the governor declared that an undeclared quantity required both of them to reconcile the food vendors with the Southern Nigerian consumers of their produce. There is no doubt that they averted a crisis that would have led to the balkanisation of Nigeria.
with Reno Omokri
In less than two weeks, America’s new President, Joe Biden, has appointed more qualified Southern Nigerians to senior positions in his government than President Buhari has in the last six months.
Biden kicked off the spree of appointments by appointing 39-year-old wunderkind, Adewale Adeyemo, to the cabinet-level of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. This is the highest level appointment of any Nigerian in the world. Adeyemo now has influence over more funds than the Nigerian President. Alas, if he were to have been based in Nigeria, perhaps Buhari would have made him his PA on photography like he did the Igbo race!