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States within the northern a part of the nation are accountable for herdsmen crises within the nation, in response to the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Olu Falae.
Falae mentioned the state governments within the northern a part of the nation didn't sort out the wants of the herdsmen, thus resulting in clashes.
“The problem of the herdsmen has been exacerbated by the failure of many of the state governments in the North to take care of the needs of the herdsmen,” the previous Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) advised Channels TV.
As said by him, the wants of the herdsmen have been completely met in the course of the days of late Sir Ahmadu Bello – the then premier of the Northern area and Sardauna of Sokoto.
Falae mentioned then, there have been grazing reserves whereas every kind of amenities have been supplied for the herdsmen and their cattle.
He additionally fingered the discount in dimension of the Lake Chad as one of many causes for the crises.
“Over one million people are herdsmen who earn their livelihood from the lake can no longer do so,” he mentioned.
“Added to which can be these uprooted by Boko Haram after which, desertification has been repeatedly eroding the arable land in Nigeria.
“When you put all these factors together, you find a tremendous pressure on herdsmen and their cattle and the response should have come from the state governments and the Federal Government to take care of their needs because they are Nigerians who are entitled to their livelihood.”