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Ganduje also faulted the recent comment by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State who said the North-West governors were working at cross purposes, hence the escalation of security challenges in the region.
Elsewhere in Bauchi, Governor Bala Mohammed said some herders were left with no option than to carry arms to protect their wealth from rampaging cattle rustlers.
He also said all forests belonged to the federal government and all citizens have the right to make use of them; and lambasted Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State for allegedly fanning the embers of hatred against the Fulani herders but paid tribute to his counterpart in Plateau, Simon Lalong, for being a peacebuilder.
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and the Hausa community in Ekiti State, on Thursday, threw their weight behind the state government’s plan to register herdsmen in the state.
They said the registration would ensure easy identification of the herdsmen and enable the identification of those with criminal tendencies.
The MACBAN state Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Abashe, and the Head of the Hausa Community in Ekiti State, Alhaji Adamu Liman, spoke in Ado Ekiti during a security meeting organised by the state chapter of the Police Community Relations Committee for all ethnic groups in the state.
By Ariwodola Idowu
Ado Ekiti, Feb 11, 2021 Alhaji Adamu Abache, Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ekiti chapter, on Thursday, promised that the association would henceforth expose any member with criminal tendencies to the appropriate authorities in the state.
The MACBAN leader gave the promise in Ado Ekiti, during a security meeting, organised by the state chapter of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) for all ethnic nationalities in the region
Naija247news reports that the event saw participants brainstorming on how to ensure peaceful co-existence among the different ethnic groups in the state and tackle insecurity.
Abache said that MACBAN had also banned the use of underaged for cattle rearing in the state.