As the controversy surrounding the demarcation of grazing ground for Fulani Cattle rearers in the states by the Federal Government ranges on, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Monday threw more Lights on the controversy.
The Minister on a working visit to Adamawa State told Newsmen at the Palace of the Lamido Adamawa after a courtesy call that the Federal Government has now shelved the issue of grazing fields and has opted for ranches.
According to Ogbeh those states that do not want grazing fields will not be forced, but was quick to ask “why do people do this as if they do not eat meat?”
He pointed out that the Federal Government wants to develop ranches so that herdsmen can keep their cattle and where they can’t be well fed.
Speaking further, he noted that the business is to see that the Fulanis will stop their nomadic lives.
“The business of government is to find equitable solution to the problem as such the government will not force any state to provide grazing land”, he declared
Nobody he said, was supposed to carry weapon nor kill anybody and so the only way to do it is to develop ranches.
He wondered why a country with 45 million hectres of land can’t accommodate 20 million cows.
Audu Ogbeh advised Nigerians not to see religion and ethnicity in every aspect of life moreso that the Fulani man who moves around does not value his life because his cattle are not fed.