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Kaduna's Senator Shehu Sani, has proffered a solution to the spate of herdsmen killings in Nigeria.
Speaking in an interview published by Premium Times, he said the solution to it could not simply be about arresting herdsmen, but it is also about using the umbrella Fulani Cattle Breeders Association to train the Fulanis in modern ways of cattle ranching and cattle grazing.
According to him, once a typical Fulani man with 500 cows has not been trained to stay in one place and feed his cattle, he will certainly move and as he moves, he is going to move into one community.
"If the great grandfathers of that community allowed the Fulanis to pass, the children who are now the social media generation will ask questions. They may even demand taxes from them for passing through their land," he said.
"That is where the violence is going to come from. The solution to that problem has to do with the very fact that we must include cattle breeding as a major priority in our agricultural policy."
Speaking in an interview published by Premium Times, he said the solution to it could not simply be about arresting herdsmen, but it is also about using the umbrella Fulani Cattle Breeders Association to train the Fulanis in modern ways of cattle ranching and cattle grazing.
According to him, once a typical Fulani man with 500 cows has not been trained to stay in one place and feed his cattle, he will certainly move and as he moves, he is going to move into one community.
"If the great grandfathers of that community allowed the Fulanis to pass, the children who are now the social media generation will ask questions. They may even demand taxes from them for passing through their land," he said.
"That is where the violence is going to come from. The solution to that problem has to do with the very fact that we must include cattle breeding as a major priority in our agricultural policy."
