Again, Gov Ganduje extends open invite to herdsmen

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has again urged Fulani herdsmen to leave other states of the federation and relocate to Kano with their cattle.

The governor stated this while lamenting the senseless killings resulting from herdsmen and farmers clashes over lack of grazing land.

He said, “These killings must stop. We cannot afford to continue to witness these senseless killings in the name of Fulani herdsmen and farmers clash over lack of grazing land while we have a place like the Falgore Game Reserve under utilized.”

The governor, who spoke when he inspected the vaccination of over one million cattle and other animals at Kadawa artificial insemination centre in Garum Malam Local Government Area, of the state, regretted that some Fulani herdsmen of Kano origin moved to other states in search of greener pasture.

“They don’t have any reason to move out of the state. We take care of them and we accord them the respect and dignity they deserve.

“I am inviting herdsmen from all parts of Nigeria to relocate to Kano because we have enough facilities to accommodate them.

“We have grazing lands in Rogo, Gaya, Kura, Tudun Wada, Ungogo and other reserved places where facilities are in place to accommodate the herdsmen and their cattle,” Ganduje said.

He hinted that his administration was in collaboration with the Federal Government and foreign agencies to convert the Falgore Games Reserve into a modern grazing land.

“Falgore Game Reserve can take care of millions of herdsmen and their cattle in Nigeria. The place has been designed to contain schools, human and animal clinics, markets, recreational centres and other social amenities that can give the herdsmen enough comfort to take care of their animals and do their business without hindrance.

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“There is no longer fear of cattle rustling in Kano. Cattle rustling is now history because we fought the menace headlong.

“In Falgore right now, we have enough security there. Those rustlers have relocated elsewhere, while some of them who repented from their evil ways were given amnesty and rehabilitated.”

The governor is not making the call for the first time, he had following the rising cases of wanting killings by herdsmen across the country, especially in the Middle Belt, earlier called on herdsmen to relocate to his state.

 

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