In the act of incompetence, The Presidency has faulted the Southern Governors Forum’s recent decision to ban open grazing and other resolutions reached their recent meeting.
The presidency dubbed the resolutions “acts of politicking intended by its signatories to demonstrate power.”
Garba Shehu, The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, gave the Presidency’s position in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari okays deep-rooted solutions to herdsmen attacks, clears the way for ranching and revival of forest reserves.’
Shehu stated that from all the resolutions, no solution was offered to the problems highlighted.
Shehu, in his statement, stated, “President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed a strong resolve to address the conflicts of herders and farmers in a sustained and lasting manner that should lead to the emergence of a permanent solution to the frequent clashes between them, as well as the associated problem of the gun-wielding ‘killer herdsmen.’
“The President had approved a number of specific measures to bring a permanent end to the frequent skirmishes as recommended by Alhaji Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture; in a report, he submitted and the President signed off on it back in April, well before the actions of the Southern Governors Forum which attempts to place a ban on open grazing and other acts of politicking intended by its signatories to demonstrate their powers.
“It is very clear that there was no solution offered from their resolutions to the herder-farmer clashes that have been continuing in our country for generations.
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“But the citizens of the southern states – indeed citizens of all states of Nigeria – have a right to expect their elected leaders and representatives to find answers to challenges of governance and rights, and not to wash their hands off hard choices by, instead, issuing bans that say: ‘not in my state.’
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