Farmers, Herders Clash: FG Moves To Rediscover Lost Grazing Routes
The Federal Government will be working with state governments to rediscover the lost grazing routes and reserves across the country as part of measures to end farmers and herders clashes. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this on Friday in a statement titled “President Buhari, Farmers will reap benefits of our policies.” He also pressed the necessity of educating school age children, saying that once the opportunity of early education is lost, it often turns out very difficult for them to make up. Buhari also said Nigerian farmers would reap the benefits of his government’s reforms as he continues to accord the highest priority to agriculture, describing it as the country’s largest employer of labour and engine of growth.
He promised that his regime would continue to take steps to enhance output and productivity by ensuring the availability of cheap agricultural credits, farm inputs, fertiliser and the introduction of latest technologies. He said the choice of practising farmers as ministers in charge of agriculture, first Chief Audu Ogbe and now, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, was a reflection of his strong wish to protect the interest of farmers and the attachment of national food self sufficiency.