- Our land is for farming
- About 500 murdered in Agatu
- We cannot surrender Benue to herdsmen
While the national Assembly battles with the national grazing bill, whether to be or not, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said that a law to
prohibit open grazing of cattle in his state will soon be enacted.
The governor made this disclosure in Makurdi, Benue state
capital on Monday, June 27, at the end of the Town Hall Meeting he held with
stakeholders in the three senatorial zones of the state. According to him, his
administration will not surrender Benue state to the invading Fulani herdsmen,
despite unending attacks on communities in the state, Vanguard reports.
However, Ortom revealed that his government would continue
to support those who were prepared to ranch their cattle in the state.
Gov Ortom, The
governor said agriculture remained the biggest industry in the state, noting
that available land in the state could not accommodate farming and cattle
grazing at the same time. He said: “I have made it clear that we will not
surrender Benue to herdsmen.
We are saying that we
do not have land for grazing. Though we are ready to support those that are
prepared to ranch their cows but for those involved in open grazing should find
other states because with the new law that would soon come into effect, that
practice will not be acceptable in Benue state.”
Governor Ortom
commiserated with families who have lost loved ones to the ravaging Fulani
herdsmen, assuring them that his administration was working round the clock to
ensure that peace reigned across the state.
Eight local government areas in Benue state, comprising
Agatu, Buruku, Guma, Gwer-West, Logo, Kwande, Gwer-East and Katsina-Ala, have
been under recurrent heavy attacks from the Fulani herdsmen Reports state that
between 300 and 500 people were murdered in Agatu and other communities of
Benue earlier in March.
The attacks by Fulani herdsmen has left many Benue residents
leaving their various villages for safety.
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