Any lingering doubts that these are the best of times for Nigerian
herdsmen of Fulani extraction become easily vitiated in the light of two recent
developments in the country. The Federal Government has just released a bumper
package of incentives of over N179 billion for their business.
The government is to use this amount to set up
ranches for them in 10 states including Adamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Edo, Kaduna
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Those who have dismissed as an idle boast
their position that they cannot be denied access to any part of the country to
graze their cattle may now be ruing their delusion.
But the government needs to be reminded that with Nigeria
Or how would this amount cater to the herding
needs of other Fulani herdsmen in other parts of the world who would now bring
their cattle here?
