In a bid to address the spate of herder-farmer clashes in the country, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Association has called on the Federal Government to establish the Federal Ministry of Nomadic Affairs.
They also demanded the immediate designation, gazetting and development of all the 415 grazing reserves across the country.
The group made the call on Monday in a communique jointly signed by its National President, Abdullahi Bodejo, and National Secretary, Saleh Alhassan.
The communique was released at the end of the prolonged National Executive Meeting with State Chairmen of the association held in Abuja.
“The meeting called for the immediate designation, gazetting and development of all the 415 grazing reserves across the states of the Federation as the only first strategic step in addressing the challenges confronting Fulani herders in Nigeria.
“This will include building of earth dams and solar boreholes. Building of veterinary clinics. Development of dairy (milk) collection centres.
“The meeting dismissed the consistent claims of farmers-herders conflicts as a major setback of instability and insecurity in Nigeria.
“The conflicts are exacerbated by activities of states sponsored vigilantes and tribal hordes who wilfully continue to carry out extra-judicial killings of Fulani pastoralists,” it said.
The leadership of the association also condemned the continuous profiling of Fulani pastoralists by Benue Governor Samuel Ortom through the state anti-grazing law.
“The governor has been using the law to officially confiscate and auction cattle belonging to Fulanis in Benue-Nasarawa and Benue-Taraba border communities.”
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