The Edo state government on Monday dismissed alleged statements credited to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that Governor Godwin Obaseki has approved land for the establishment of cattle colonies in the State. It said the state government had not entered into any agreement for cattle...
The Federal government may have stopped the idea of cattle colonies as a way to find means at ending the impasse between farmers and herders across the country.
According to Dailytrust report, the 10-man working committee, headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, constituted few days ago by the...
Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has opined that states that approved cattle colony proposed by federal government will face the consequences. Omokri on Saturday revealed that Fulani herdsmen will keep requesting for more piece of land once cattle colony is approved...
Following the clarification made by the office of the governor of Plateau State to the effect that Governor Simon Bako Lalong has no plans whatsoever to cede any part of the State for cattle colony as planned by the federal government, the people of the State in a town hall …
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Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), the policy-making body of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo, has stated that with the current population density and constant pressure on the land in the South East which has resulted in many gully erosions in the area, no governor in the region has …
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Anambra lawmakers, on Thursday, during plenary, has rejected the Federal Government’s proposal of establishing colonies for cattle herders in Anambra State.
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Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has joined his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, in rejecting the establishment of cattle colonies in their states. According to the governor, his state was in need of land and did not have any to be donated to government proposed …
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Outrage has continued to trail the decision of Governor Yahaya Bello to make Kogi State available for the pioneer scheme of the Federal Government-proposed cattle colony for herdsmen. While a community leader said Governor Bello should jettison the idea as he is not the owner of Kogi, …
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The Adamawa Commissioner for Livestock Production, Isah Salihu, on Thursday said the state government has already registered 64 grazing reserves and gazetted 30 of them across the state. Mr. Salihu, in an interview with journalists in Yola said that the development was to complement the efforts...
The lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial District in the National Assembly said he was not surprise that the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, will quickly meet with the Minister of Agriculture in order to make the Confluence State a testing ground for the proposed Cattle...
The Federal Government plan to establish cattle colonies around the country in order to settle down nomadic herdsmen and also reduce the frequent clashes between farmers and herders have met open resistance from some state governors.
Although, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief...
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The minister of agriculture and rural development, Audu Ogbeh, says the government will not transfer communal land ownership to herdsmen wherever cattle colonies are established – He states that there is no truth in speculations that the government is conspiring …
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The Federal Government is considering setting up colonies where herdsmen would have facilities to rear their cattle.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this at a Strategy Retreat for Civil Servants and political appointees of the ministry in Abuja.
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural development, Audu Ogbeh, has said that the long term neglect of cattle rearers in the country was responsible for the lingering crisis between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria.
He stated this during on Monday when he attended the Federal government's meeting...
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