Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Association has called for
the establishment of the Federal Ministry of Nomadic Affairs, with a mandate to
broaden educational opportunities and address pastoralist challenges.
The group also called for the overhauling of Nigeria’s
security and justice systems to address cases of injustice and access to
justice by pastoralists because many of their youths are languishing in
detention centres across the country.
Miyetti Allah stated this in a communique issued Monday and
jointly signed by its National President, Abdullahi Bodejo, and its National
Secretary, Mr. Saleh Alhassan, at the end of the expanded National Executive
Meeting with State Chairmen of the association held in Abuja.
It also demanded the immediate designation, gazetting and development of all the 415 grazing reserves across the country.
It said: “The meeting called for the immediate Designation,
gazetting and Development of all the 415 grazing reserves across the states of
the Federation as the only first strategic step in addressing the challenges
confronting Fulani Herders in Nigeria.
“This will include building of earth dams and solar
boreholes. Building of veterinary clinics. Development of Diary (milk) collection
centres.”
The group noted with dismay the recent massacre of Fulani
pastoralists in Taraba State and called on the Inspector General of Police to
set up a high power panel to unmasked those responsible for the dastardly acts
and ensure justice is done to the victims’ families to avoid people resorting
to self help.
“The meeting dismissed the consistent claims of farmers-
herders conflicts as a major setback of instability and insecurity in Nigeria.
But rather the conflicts are exacerbated by activities of states sponsored
vigilantes and tribal hordes who willfully continue to carry out extra-judicial
killings of Fulani pastoralists.”
The leadership of the association also condemned the
continuous profiling of Fulani pastoralists by Benue state Governor, Samuel
Ortom through the anti-grazing law it said the governor has been using to
officially consticate and auction cattle belonging to Fulanis in Benue-Nasarawa
and Benue-Taraba border communities.
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