VIDEO: Southwest Farmers, Miyetti Allah Sign MoU, Commit To Peaceful Coexistence

• Farmers and herders led by Miyetti Allah have a long history of, often violent, conflicts. 

• Both parties in the southwest are aiming to end all hostilities.

• The aim has led to the signing of a peace accord.

Eko Hot Blog reports that cattle breeders under the auspices of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and farmers on the platform of Southwest Commodity Farmers Organization have committed to peaceful coexistence between both parties in the zone.

The two parties signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to during a summit held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Friday.

Before the summit, farmers and herders in the southwestern part of Nigeria were known to be in conflict.

Speaking on the peace accord, the coordinator of the South West farmers organisation, Olusegun Dasaolu, said the MoU symbolises an agreement between the herders and farmers to unite to improve food production and ensure sustainability within the South West and Nigeria, at large.

File photo of a herdsman and cows

“What the memorandum of understanding with cattle breeders translates to is that the farmers in the Southwest and the herders have agreed to work together for the unity of farmers and the progress of agriculture so that conflicts will be resolved amicably,” he stated.

“And from this moment, the first step we are going to take is to identify the genuine herders in Southwest and who are the genuine farmers, and we have agreed to connect better.

“This is going to go a long way in solving the food crisis in the sense that farmers will now feel secure to go back to their farms and so agricultural production will increase and this is going assist greatly in the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu.”

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Speaking, the National Chairman of Miyetti Allah, Othman Ngelzarma said the event was an opportunity to chart a way forward in ensuring the security of both farmers and herders in the region.

He held that with farmers and herders in the Southwest united, they would collaborate effectively to identify and address any problematic elements within the pastoralist communities in the region.

On her part, the Southwest Director of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Abimbola Akeredolu, advocated for the continued deployment of technological solutions in agriculture to support farmers and enhance food production.

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