The Commissioner ministry of Nomadic and Pastoral Affairs in Niger state has reassured his commitment in ensuring peaceful coexistence between Farmers and herders in the state
The commissioner Umar Ahmad Rebe in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, reaffirmed his readiness to ensure peaceful and harmonious relationship between the two communities in the state
The Commissioner said, Niger state Government is taking steps through the ministry to ensure all the wrongs are corrected, saying right now they have created reconciliation committees to discuss issues affecting farmers and Fulani clashes generally.
He said this has significantly yielded positively by achieving about seventy percent success, saying they were able to reconcile so many groups
He noted that the present administration in the state is committed to bringing all the groups together to look inward and identify the genesis of insecurity and other challenges bedeviling the Fulani especially nomads, saying if these problems are identified, it will be easy to solve.
Umar Ahmad therefore appealed to leaders to cooperate with the authorities by fishing out the real criminals among them and hand them over to the appropriate authorities concern to achieve the required peace in the state and the country
He argued that it is only through this, that the bad ones among them can be eliminated, calling on all and sundry to support this initiatives for sustainable peace even among the Fulani nomads
He said what many Nigerians did not understand is that this criminal act is affecting the Fulani more than any other person in Nigeria but because few bad ones among Fulani are involved in it , many ignorantly associated the entire Fulani communities with it as if no one is good among Fulani at all
Jauron Minna further believed that Fulani Nomads are the first victims of cattle rustling, banditry and kidnapping in the country before any other person.
He said such people involved in this criminal act should be named by their act as criminals not named after their tribe, assuring that in each tribe there must be good ones as well as bad ones but in Nigeria because Fulani do not have voice they are always being labeled as criminals which is not fair
Umar Ahmad assured that in Niger state they are making efforts to sanitize the system by ensuring that each animal is p4ope4ly identified its owner location and health condition to stop cattle rustling and improve on the business of animal husbandry.
