Ganduje Wants Cattle Movement From North To South Banned

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has called for the enactment of a law that will abolish the movement and transportation of herdsmen from the Northern part of the country to other parts.

He said until this is done, the continuous herdsmen-farmers clashes might continue.

Ganduje made his opinion known in an interview with journalists on Saturday after a lunch that state governors elected on the platform of the ruling Alł Progressives Congress had with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), in his home town, Daura, Katsina State.

The governor’s suggestion came during a period that there is heightened tension in some South-West states, especially Ondo and Oyo, over quit notices issued to herdsmen.

He further stated that the ban would also stop the problem of cattle rustling.

According to the Governor, “My advocacy is that we should abolish the transportation or trekking of herdsmen from the Northern part of Nigeria to the Middle Belt and to the Southern part of Nigeria.

“There should be a law that will ban, otherwise we cannot control the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers and cannot control the cattle rustling which is affecting us greatly.”

Ganduje also pleaded with the new service Chiefs appointed last Tuesday to work with other state Governors to work hand-in-hand in order to succeed.