Pampered and enabled by the defunct Buhari regime, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, are on another fancy ride, applauding President Bola Tinubu for his administration’s commitment to livestock development.
The socio-cultural association representing the interest of Fulani pastoralists in Nigeria, bared their mind in a communiqué jointly signed by the association’s National President and Secretary, Alhaji Abdullahi Bodejo and Saleh Alhassan.
The statement issued Tuesday, in Keffi, Nasarawa State after an expanded national executive meeting by the national leadership of the association to x-ray the challenges confronting Fulani pastoralists in Nigeria.
The meeting, which took place in Karu Local Government Area on Sunday, had state chairmen of the association and other critical stakeholders in attendance.
According to the communiqué, the association expressed appreciation to Tinubu for his commitment to livestock development and enhancement of security and general welfare of the pastoralist community in the country.
It, however, called for adequate funding of the Ministry for Livestock Development to ensure full implementation of the National Livestock Development Plan.
The association also appreciated the decision of the ministry to commence designation, gazetting and development of all the 415 grazing reserves across the states of the federation.
This, it said, would serve as a strategic step to addressing the challenges confronting Fulani herders in Nigeria.
“This will include building of earth dams and solar boreholes, building of veterinary clinics and development of diary (milk) collection centres, among others,” the communiqué stated.
It condemned the continuous profiling of Fulani pastoralists by a section of the media and called for unbiased and justice-based reportage of the farmers and herders’ conflicts.
The association, however, applauded the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence for adopting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies in addressing rural banditry, particularly in the North-West zone.
