The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) said it has reached a consensus on the “need for the country to transition into modern systems of animal husbandry that will replace open, night, and underage grazing in the country.
In a communique issued on Thursday at the end of its 25th virtual meeting and signed by Forum Chairman, Kayode Fayemi, the Governors were encouraged “to put in place systems to accelerate the grazing initiative of the National Livestock Transformation Plan and ranching in the country.”
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The consensus was reached to address the rising insecurity in the country which has been linked to armed herdsmen operating as bandits.
Meanwhile, the Forum condemned the ethnic profiling of crime in the country and resolved to “convene an emergency meeting of all Governors” on the matter.
“The Forum respects the right of abode of all Nigerians and strongly condemns criminality and the ethnic profiling of crime in the country in an effort to frame the widespread banditry and the herders- farmers crisis,” the communique read in part.
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