Herders Accuse Buhari Of Failing Them, Call For Unity Under New Administration

• The Coalition of Pastoralists Association of Nigeria expressed their dissatisfaction with President Buhari’s leadership, claiming that he has failed to engage with herders since taking office.

• They called on the new administration to create a ministry of livestock and do better at unifying farmers and herders.

• Meanwhile, Umar denied that herdsmen were responsible for recent killings in Plateau, Oyo, Gombe, and Benue, among others.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Herders in Nigeria have expressed their dissatisfaction with President Buhari’s leadership during a press conference.

The Coalition of Pastoralists Association of Nigeria claimed that Buhari has failed to engage with herders since taking office.

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Auwal Gonga, the Vice President of Tabital Pulaaku International, Nigeria Chapter, spoke to journalists alongside other leaders, including Baba Ngelzarma and Salim Umar, calling on the new administration to create a ministry of livestock and do better at unifying farmers and herders. Gonga said, “He never engaged stakeholders.

Even if he thinks he can’t engage us, we have members who are former ministers and former governors among us.

One of them is Isa Yuguda; why can’t Buhari call him and engage him? It is wrong for the government to have done so, and that is why they have failed.”

Umar, however, denied that herdsmen were responsible for recent killings in Plateau, Oyo, Gombe, and Benue, among others, arguing that their members were also victims in these crises.

He called on security agencies to arrest and prosecute all those involved in the violent crimes.

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Umar also implored state governments to avoid engaging vigilantes who may provoke bandits and instead urged security agencies to do more toward safeguarding innocent civilians from repeated attacks.

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