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| President Muhammadu Buhari |
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the Federal
Ministry of Agriculture to fine-tune strategies towards ending farmers /
herdsmen clashes in the country. The Permanent Secretary
in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Sunny Echono, spoke with State House
correspondents after updating the President on the activities of the Ministry
at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, the
blueprint formulated during Buhari’s tenure as Chairman of the Petroleum Trust
Fund (PTF) will be considered towards resolving the frequent clashes.
The Nation reports:
The blueprint, according
to him, involves the creation of grazing reserves and stock routes.
He said: “Incidentally
the President had received a detailed report on this when he was at the PTF on
how to resolve this problem and this blue print is going to be made available
to us, together with experts and others who have also worked on the subject
including the recent national economic committee resolution chaired by one of
the state governors.
“We are going to look at
all of this and come up with proposals that will address this problem. We are
looking at the possibility of delegating stock routes with monuments and
establishing of grazing reserves. We are also looking at the issues of ranches
across the country and addressing the reality of the farmers’ challenges in
terms of the cost of pastures.
“If we localize all our
pastures, you need to provide pasture and the ranges vary depending on the
region you find yourself. These peculiar problems are the things that will come
up in the blue print.”
He said that the President
also asked the Ministry to work towards restoring the agriculture extension
services scheme and to create employment for the youth through agriculture.
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