Discard controversial Ruga project, Anglican Bishop tells Buhari

The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to abolish the now suspended Ruga settlement project which has caused much controversy in recent times.

The advise was issued by the Anglican Bishop of Akure Diocese, Rt. Rev’d Simeon Borokini who said he is not in support of the suspension of Ruga programme, but he is advocating that it should be abolished.

Rt. Rev’d Borokini who noted that much during the first session of the Diocese’s 13th synod at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Akure, on Sunday also said any South-West governor who offers the people’s land for the RUGA project would have himself to blame.

He said; “I am not in support of the suspension, I am advocating that it should be abolished.

“If they want to practise it, let them practise it in the northern part not in the South-West. I am not comfortable with that word, suspension. It should be abolished.

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“If they want to practise it in Adamawa, Kano and other northern states, they should go ahead, but I won’t support practising it in the South West.

“Why should they give an expanse of land from our community to strangers? And we don’t know what they have in mind; they may have hidden agenda, which I don’t support.

“Why should they give preference to a particular tribe and a particular trade? Cattle rearing is a trade, and we have some of our farmers who are poultry keepers; why don’t they encourage them?

“We have some of our farmers also, they rear sheep and goats, why don’t they encourage them? Why is it only people rearing cows that are to be encouraged? What is special?”

 

 

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