Kwara
Fulanis Are Outnumbering Kwara Indigenes – Gov AbdulRazaq Raises Alarm
- Kwara state governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has raised alarm about the influx of Fulani people into his state
- The governor citied the ban on open grazing as the cause of this influx
Ekohotblog reports that Kwara state governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has raised alarm about the influx of people of Fulani descent in the state.
Mr AbdulRazaq, who spoke in an interview with Vanguard, attributed the influx of Fulanis to the ban on open grazing imposed by Southern governors.
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The governor claimed that the open grazing ban had further heightened Kwara’s security challenges.
Kwara state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq
“Security challenges are huge, especially with insecurity in the North-West and the declaration by Southern Governors to ban open grazing,” said the Kwara governor. “Once they pronounced it and set a date, we saw a migration of herdsmen coming in, to the extent that if you go to Kwara South, Kwara North now, in some villages, the Fulani have moved in. They are more in population than the indigenes.”
Despite raising this concern and citing the ban on open grazing as the cause, AbdulRazaq argued that legislation enforcing the ban could not be adopted, explaining that open grazing is a constitutional right enshrined in the constitution.
His comments came as Southern governors like Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, among others, continue to sign the anti-open grazing law in their respective states.
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