Fulani herdsmen: FG, states to map out grazing areas



Federal Government has concluded plans to map out grazing areas for cattle to stem the frequent clashes between Fulani herdsmen and various communities across the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, an organisation active in the promotion of peace in Nigeria, led by‎ the Executive Director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, David Harland,‎ at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The mapped grazing areas, which he said would soon be presented to the Governors’ Forum, would serve as a temporary solution to the conflicts until cattle owners are persuaded to adopt other means of rearing their cattle.
President Buhari blamed poverty, injustice and lack of job opportunities as the main factors fueling inter-communal and intra-communal conflicts in Nigeria.
He stressed that to achieve enduring peace in the country, greater effort must be made to eradicate poverty and injustice.
The president commended the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue for the relative peace that had returned to Plateau State as well as its ongoing activity in Southern Kaduna.
He agreed with the centre that dialogue was always preferable to the use of force and other means in the resolution of conflicts.
In his remarks, Harland told President Buhari that following the centre’s success in facilitating the settlement of the inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts in Plateau State, the group had moved to Kaduna State.
He expressed the hope that the techniques used in bringing peace to Plateau State could be deployed to deal with the Boko Haram insurgency and other conflicts in Nigeria.
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