Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has called for the enactment of a law to ban the movement of cattle from the north to other parts of the country in order to halt the frequent clashes between farmers and herders.
Ganduje made the call at the weekend in Daura, Katsina State, while speaking with journalists.
The governor said the farmers/cattle herders conflicts would not end until a law banning movement of cows from the north to the Middle Belt and the southern parts of the country was made.
He said the problem of cattle rustling and the constant conflicts between farmers and herders would be greatly addressed when such a law comes into effect.
Ganduje said the Kano State government had largely curb banditry and related criminal activities because his administration had built a cattle rearing colony, also known as Ruga.
“We are building a Ruga settlement in Dansoshiya Forest at our border with Katsina and we have succeeded in curtailing the effect of banditry in that area.
“So, we are building many houses, we are constructing a dam; we are establishing a Cattle Artificial insemination Centre; we are establishing veterinary clinic and already we have started building houses for herdsmen.
“My advocacy is that we should abolish the transportation or trekking of herdsmen from the northern part of Nigeria to the Middle Belt and to the Southern part of Nigeria.
“There should be a law that will ban, otherwise we cannot control the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers and cannot control the cattle rustling which is affecting us greatly,” he said.
