“President Buhari deserved to have lost the last election for the lackadaisical attitude he took to the issue of cattle rearing in the country.

“People have been killed in hundreds just because of the failure of leadership at a critical time.And the cattle herders have been given a sense of impunity.They kill without any compunction,...and then you come up with Ruga.

“I think that there is going to be trouble in this country if this Ruga thing is not handled imaginatively and with humanity as a priority.Any country where cattle takes priority over human life is definitely at an elementary stage,”

babyfaceafrica:
this case is not hard, any states that want RUGA should have ,those that don't want should not have...no one is forcing another

Kewtt:
This governor is madd

Masterclass32:
Simon Lalong, Plateau State Governor, has appealed to Nigerians and other state governors to work with the Nigerian government in the creation of settlement farms for herdsmen saying it would solve economic and security challenges of the country.

He said this while speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Lalong, who claims Plateau is ready to give its land for the creation of the settlement said international organizations would be involved in financing the settlement.

He said, “This is a policy that we felt that it is not only for economic sense, but it would also address the issue of security. So if it is going to address insecurity in a period the country is confronted with serious security challenges then federal government would come and assist those who want to do it.

“They are not imposing it on any state, I am a member of this committee under the chairmanship of the Vice President, the federal government has not imposed that on any state.



http://saharareporters.com/2019/07/02/ruga-will-solve-security-challenges-nigeria-lalong

Masterclass32:
Simon Lalong, Plateau State Governor, has appealed to Nigerians and other state governors to work with the Nigerian government in the creation of settlement farms for herdsmen saying it would solve economic and security challenges of the country.

He said this while speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Lalong, who claims Plateau is ready to give its land for the creation of the settlement said international organizations would be involved in financing the settlement.

He said, “This is a policy that we felt that it is not only for economic sense, but it would also address the issue of security. So if it is going to address insecurity in a period the country is confronted with serious security challenges then federal government would come and assist those who want to do it.

“They are not imposing it on any state, I am a member of this committee under the chairmanship of the Vice President, the federal government has not imposed that on any state.

“They said if you have land for pilot scheme they can assist, and donor agencies are coming from all over, it is not a federal government project, the World Bank is involved, the African Development Bank is involved.

“So if you have a scheme like this that can take poverty, bring revenue and also address insecurity, you will need to go into it but with due consultation from your state.”

He refuted claims that the Ruga settlement would favour a tribe over the other while asserting that it would totally put an end to clash between nomadic herdsmen and farmers.

“We did a lot of sensitization, in my state it took me three months to do sensitization and we all agreed that we should bring this concept to empower people. It is not meant to empower one tribe it is for everybody and that would address the issue of insecurity because we don’t want people moving from one place to another looking for grasses,” Lalong said.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/07/02/ruga-will-solve-security-challenges-nigeria-lalong

fineboynl:
this are the set of people drawing 21st century humans back to the days of Abraham.

ruga will not solve any problem. the cattle will still roam outside the ruga. what they need is modern way if rearing cattle which is ranches. ranches. they are private owners and can rent as many ranches as they like anything short of that is afraid.

it's more like saying the President should give Yahoo boys N1 trillion to stop Internet fraud scheme.

Megatrix:
You can have as many ruga settlements as you want in the north so long as you don't bring that nonsense down south

AustineE1:
....and osinbajo to keep denying that Ruga project is not under his office,keeps me wondering the kind of a pastor he is.
Who has bewitched this man?

fineboynl:
this are the set of people drawing 21st century humans back to the days of Abraham.

ruga will not solve any problem. the cattle will still roam outside the ruga. what they need is modern way if rearing cattle which is ranches. ranches. they are private owners and can rent as many ranches as they like anything short of that is afraid.

it's more like saying the President should give Yahoo boys N1 trillion to stop Internet fraud scheme.

35824L:
It is not forced on anyone. All states where it will be implemented agreed willingly to participate in the scheme. Any southern governor who feels it will help to bring peace to his state can also join.