National Livestock Plan, If Implemented, Will Solve Farmer-Herder Crisis – Lalong

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, on Tuesday said the country would not be having a farmers-herders crisis if the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) was well implemented.

According to the governor, the National Livestock Transformation Plan was conceived since the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan and has been used partially in handling farmer-herders crisis even in Plateau State.

“When we came and we realised that what was really very prevalent was the Boko Haram issue and farmers-herdsmen issue, that was why the national livestock policy was introduced. But when we got to the period of implementation, there were a lot of problems here and there, even from some regions of the nation. Some who said they don’t want the national livestock plan or anything related to ranching because they don’t have the land.

Read also: Negotiating With Bandits, Not A Sign Of Failure – Gov. Matawalle

“At that time, if the policy was well implemented, today we would not have been talking about the farmers-herdsmen crisis because that policy was well-drafted,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

Lalong also complained about some people not caring about reading the plan because they believe it is for a particular ethnic group.

He added that he was part of those who worked on the policy and it has been useful in addressing the issue of farmers-herdsmen crisis even in Plateau State.

“The policy is still there, why don’t we go back and address this issue because it was specifically not only about grazing. It was to assist the farmers-herdsmen crisis and also empowering the farmers and also empowering herdsmen to be kept in one place in the process of implementation,” he added.

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

• Sheikh Gumi Makes Case For Fulani-Herdsmen-Turned-Bandits
• Fake News On Social Media Has Become A Cancer – Lai Mohammed