Northern Governor Seeks Ban On Movement Of Cattle To Southern Nigeria

Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano State has suggested a solution to the herder-farmer crisis in the country.

While proffering his solution to the problem, Ganduje said the movement of cattle and herders from the north to southern parts should be abolished.

Ganduje said a law should be made to this effect, adding that his government will build a Ruga settlement.

Governor Ganduje made the suggestion while speaking to journalists in Daura town of Katsina State when he and his All Progressives Congress (APC) colleagues visited President Muhammadu Buhari.

He noted that the movement of herders and their cattle to the south is “greatly” stroking the ethnic tension in the country. He also revealed that his government is working on Ruga settlement in Samsosua forest where herders can settle and keep their cattle.

According to him, the settlement will have houses, a dam, an artificial insemination centre, and a veterinary clinic and houses where the herders will reside.

“My advocacy is that we should abolish the transportation or trekking of herdsmen from the northern part of Nigeria to the middle belt and to the southern part of Nigeria.

“There should be a law that will ban, otherwise we cannot control the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers and cannot control the cattle rustling which is affecting us greatly.”