FG must abolish movement of herdsmen from North to South for – Ganduje

Yusuf Bello| The only way to prevent herders-farmers clashes in Nigeria is to abolish the movement of herdsmen from North to the South, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has said.

The Kano state governor who stated this in Daura, Katsina state on Saturday insisted that Nigeria should abolish the transportation or trekking of herdsmen from the northern part of Nigeria to the middle belt and to the southern part of the country.

While advocating for laws to give teeth to ban the movement of herdsmen and their cattle from the north to the south Gaduje noted that until this was done, the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers would continue.

He further stated that cattle rustling would continue until the ban was put in place in the country.

“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, he said.

“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.”

“We are building a Ruga settlement in Samsosua Forest, our border with Katsina and we have succeeded in curtailing the effect of banditry in that area.