Herdsmen. File copy
Adelani Adepegba , Abuja
The
Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, his agriculture
counterpart, Audo Ogbe, are presently holding a security meeting with
the governors of Kaduna, Benue, Niger, Nasarawa and Taraba states over
the violent attacks and herdsmen killings in their states.
The
meeting, which was at the instance of the interior minister, is
expected to discuss and roll out strategies and measures to end the
crisis which had claimed hundreds of lives.
The
agriculture minister in his address, said the Federal Government had
decided to set up a cattle colony on 5,000 hectares where herdsmen could
live and keep their livestock.
Ogbe
explained that security would also be provided for the colony by
Agro-rangers, noting that these measures would be speedily implemented
to curb the killings.
He
stated that the government had in the past assisted farmers in various
ways, while neglecting herdsmen, noting that this negligence was to
blame for the current situation in the states affected by the violent
crisis.
Dambazau,
said the government was not happy over the criminality going on in the
middle belt states, adding that the meeting was summoned to proffer
solutions to the problem.
Details later.
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