Open grazing shouldn’t be practised in the 21st century, we’re resistant to good practices in Nigeria – Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Special Adviser to AfDB President
Published 3 February 2021
Senior Special Adviser on Industrialisation to the President of The African Development Bank, Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, is an international development expert. In this interview with GRACE EDEMA, he speaks on developmental, socio-political and other issues in Nigeria
The Fulani herders’ crisis has become a national problem. What should the government do?
Cattle herding and open grazing should not be practised in the 21st Century. Nigeria came up with the National Livestock Transformation Plan but it seems beyond the announcement nothing much seems to have followed in terms of implementation. The Ruga Plan, which raised huge controversy evidently sabotaged the NLTP. We need to modernize the livestock sector which is a major contributor to agricultural GDP, second only to crop production
suffering to climb the greasy pole of our america. no high plains whiskey trader ever acted with more ruthless cynicism that she has. actual indians are disgusted by it, the cherokee nation this afternoon released a statement, they called her claims inappropriate and wrong. and makes a mockery out of dna tests and its legitimate uses while also dishonoring legitimate tribal governments and their citizens. in other words, it is bad for indians. that backfired. dna tests aren t really the point and we should remember that. it doesn t matter if sacajawea is 1% indian or 90% indian, dna should never matter except two physicians treating illnesses. if your bloodline should not dictate who you vote for, what job you get, we are kids go to school, whether you get promoted or anything else. a ruling class sends the opposite message, they believe in a racial spoils system.
number of issues. for example, i brought up dog whistling. and you know dog whistling is a term for basically people who are speaking in code to touch certain people who recognize the language as being representative of how they think. pushing certain buttons. you know exactly which buttons you re trying to push. right. for example, he used the term in a wall street journal opinion piece that he wrote. this is a lawyer who is a judge who talks about how he uses his words very carefully. twice in a published opinion he used the word racial spoil system. one of the witnesses during the hearing was the chairman of the congressional black caucus cedric richmond. i asked him when he was a witness, what does that term mean? racial spoils system? yes. and he said that s a dog whistle. that speaks to people who believe because this was the
i know. but i m telling you people should be concerned about this and should rebel against this. and let me make an economic point if the moral point doesn t fly. there is going to be a huge energy industry throughout the world that s going to address climate change. it would be foolish for the united states not to be a part of that, and the energy department is part of where it s developed. jeffrey, as a trump supporter what is the message you think trump is sending by whether it s pruitt right. the epa that he was elected to change policy and he s going to do it. one of the key things here, anderson that s not talked about often enough, i have a column coming out tomorrow for conservative review. the pendleton civil service reform act of 1883 was put in to get rid of the, quote unquote, spoils system and professionalize the civil service. effectively the way this has worked out is the american federation of government employees gave union, which represents a lot o
he was nominated as the result of a civil war within the republican party, a war between the stalwarts and the half breeds at odds with republican leadership in the senate, his task was bringing the party together. when he is assassinated, republicans turned on each other calling for high rarnging stalwarts to be lynched in retribution. garfield s party ultimately came together to take up his unfinished mantle, things like total equality for freed slaves, ridding politics of a corrupt spoils system, and education for all. important stuff, stuff that our party should be proud of. for all the hand wringing over the inevitable civil war within the current gop, things aren t nearly as bad as garfield had it, but it s up to conservatives to do what they failed to do over the past four years. it s not enough to merely say that conservative policies are better. we have to say why. why is keeping more of your own money better for women and young people? why is legal immigration ultimately more