President General of Mdzough U
Tiv, Edward Ujege has rubbished the call by the Minister of Defence, Mansur
Dan-Ali that states should suspend the anti-open grazing law, following the
continued crisis between herdsmen and farmers across the country.
Dan-Ali had explained that the
enactment of the law was responsible for the continued crisis between herdsmen
and farmers across the country.
Some states of the Federation
enacted the Anti-Open Grazing Law as a panacea to the persistent crisis between
herdsmen and farmers.
States that have so far enacted
the Anti-Open Grazing Law include, Benue, Abia and Nasarawa states, despite
calls for its suspension.
Following the enactment of the
law, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Associations have vowed to opposedthe
law since there was no alternative yet for cattle rearers.
However, speaking with DAILY
POST, President General of Mdzough U Tiv, Edward Ujege described Ali-Mansur as
an ‘Illiterate” who is not fit to occupy the position of a Minister.
According to Ujege, “That man is
an Illiterate who is not qualified to be a Minister. He doesn’t know how to
respond to issues. He is not current with what is happening in the country. Out
of the 36 states in the country, three-quarter is being ravaged by herdsmen, do
those other people have the laws enacted in their state? For instance in
Plateau, Nassarawa, Kaduna, Zamfara, Ondo and Enugu states where there are
killings, do they have the law? That is why I said the man is an illiterate and
not current with what is going on.
“If he is current with the
constitution, he will understand that it empowers the National Assembly and the
state governments to make laws for the benefit of people that are there. Mind
you, we are not in a military rule that we are living by decrees but by
constitutions and laws that are being made. And he should know that by
repealing a law you have to go back to the people that made it, that is the
reasons why I said he is an illiterate. We are not in a military regime and he
doesn’t know what is happening in the country. Mansur is not qualified to be in
that position, he should resign.”
Ujege said the people of the
state have turned to God as their source of defence since they have no money to
buy arms.
The Tiv elder statesman noted
that people of the state will continue to ensure their defence until normalcy
returns to the state.
“We don’t have arms and don’t intend to in
Benue State. I think our God is heavier than those with arms, we are telling
the government now that we have a God and he will fight for us. We don’t have
AK-47, we don’t have the money to buy them. Benue people don’t have any means
but to depend on God. We know that we will be killed but not everybody. The few
remaining and those unborn will deal with this until we find haven for
ourselves,” he added.
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