Presidency Tells State Governors To Provide Land For Ranching

• Presidency has told state governors to provide land for ranching.

 

EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Presidency has urged governors in the country to provide lands for ranching.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made the appeal while reacting to a critical editorial of London-based The Economist.

 

Speaking, the presidential spokesman said the only government of Nigeria, which has ever sought a solution to the centuries-old herder-farmer disputes of the central belt, remain President Buhari’s administration.

 

However, the Economist said economic hardship was fuelling the current insecurity in the country, adding that life had become more difficult for Nigerians as food prices skyrocketed because of the administration’s mismanagement of the economy.

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Garba Shehu, in his response, said, “The federal ranches programme, launched shortly after the President’s re-election is the first of its kind – and it is working: during the last 12 months clashes have significantly reduced.

“The government now calls on State governors to have the imagination to join forces with the Federal administration and expand this programme by making available state lands for those interested, now that its effectiveness has been demonstrated,” the presidential spokesman stated.

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