Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Tuesday said the Federal Government should cancel RUGA program, rather than suspending it.

Speaking with reporters at the Government House, Jalingo, Ishaku said the scheme was a form of colonialism and that its suspension was not enough, as it still raises suspicion.

“Ranching is the best modern practice of breeding cattle and solving the farmers/herders conflicts,” he said.

Lau, Zing, Ibi and Sarduana local government areas of the state had been earmarked for Ruga. But the protests in many states, including Benue and Taraba, as well as outrage from well-meaning individuals, informed the scheme’s suspension.

He said some youths in the state had described the scheme as a threat to tribes in Taraba state and the nation at large, adding that herdsmen troubling the state were aliens with an ulterior motive to grab the lands of the original inhabitants.

Ishaku, who officially kicked against the suspended scheme said “Ruga is colonialism; it is not about cattle; it is not even about grasses. It should not only be suspended but should also be cancelled completely.

“The whole Ruga scheme should be cancelled. You can’t do a Ruga in the entire country. I don’t accept it. It is not workable, and it will not work in Taraba state.

“Already, I have in place the Anti-Open Grazing Law in Taraba state that prohibits open grazing but encourages ranching. And we are making a lot of progress on ranching.

“I have submitted a request to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for us (Taraba) to be given a loan for us to do the ranching, but the CBN has refused to approve it, for reasons I don’t know.

“Otherwise, I would have showcased what ranching is in the state. It is the best form of practice in modern days, if indeed you are talking about cattle, grasses and grazing.

“But I don’t think the federal government are talking about cattle; I don’t agree that they are talking about grasses. They are talking about something else: colonisation,” he said.



Read more here https://thickmatch.com/gov-ishaku-insists-ruga-cancellation-calls-scheme-colonialism/

I bet you, if the RUGA was only for South East, the West and the North would have been in full support!

don't know buhari stress with this Ruga, is it going to boost this snail economy under his incompetent govt



the f00l refuse to appoint ministers but cow talk had been his useless priorities in a country that his kinsmen are now issuing ultimatum to a sitting president

Only dead things support Buhari .... Things with decayed brains

Buhari is evil whose only achievement in office is to gallivant round the world and take pictures...

Instead of the govt to encourage the private sector, its is even wanting to incure more responsibility and liability..

Ranching is private sector driven, you and I can start ranching as a business, it's like a hotel for animals.. but our govt obviously dont reason.

The next thing is
- Ministry of Ruga settlements.
- Chairman Ruga settlement agency.
- Board of Directors Ruga settlements agency.
- Budget allocation for Ruga settlement.

Cioccolata:
Tribalism will continue to blind Nigerians.

You must donate your fathers land for Ruga...

Buhari na cow lord, so wetin un expect

I'm a Yoruba person
I think I'm smart enough to know what is being planned
I don't believe in this ruga thing one thing
The whole thing has an evil undertone

Infinityk:
I'm a Yoruba person
I think I'm smart enough to know what is being planned
I don't believe in this ruga thing one thing
The whole thing has an evil undertone

YOUR SUPPORT IS INCONSEQUENTIAL AS LONG AS JAGABAN IS ON OUR SIDE. WE HAVE SOME FERTILE LAND HERE IN THE SOUTH W

OFFICIALAPCNG:
YOUR SUPPORT IS INCONSEQUENTIAL AS LONG AS JAGABAN IS ON OUR SIDE. WE HAVE SOME FERTILE LAND HERE IN THE SOUTH W

Hmnph
I'm a Yoruba person but tinubu is smart enough to keep quiet on ruga
Tinubu can't support
An average Yoruba person is different to average Hausa or Igbo
U should have seen that in the election
Y did u think tinubu ran to ondo and was laughing with akeredolu who he was fighting with before
Its because Yorubas are unpredictable
Come 2023 if any APC government official support that ruga
I can assure u,apc won't get 40% in sw
Even if d opposition is fielding an Igbo man
That's Yorubas for u
That jagaban stuff is only in tinubu house
Tinubu that is not even that popular among Yorubas

OFFICIALAPCNG:
YOUR SUPPORT IS INCONSEQUENTIAL AS LONG AS JAGABAN IS ON OUR SIDE. WE HAVE SOME FERTILE LAND HERE IN THE SOUTH W

Don't use Lagos to judge all of Yoruba land

Ranching is the best modern practice of breeding cattle and solving the farmers/herders conflicts,” he said.

Oga, even if it is ranching, let it be your indigenous people who will be in charge of it and not some criminal illegal immigrants who only knows one thing called violence.

“I have submitted a request to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for us (Taraba) to be given a loan for us to do the ranching, but the CBN has refused to approve it, for reasons I don’t know.

You want that to happen when it is against Buhari fulanization-colonisation policy ?

I laugh in pidgin

“But I don’t think the federal government are talking about cattle; I don’t agree that they are talking about grasses. They are talking about something else: colonisation,” he said.


Hmm, wise one !!!

People in the heart and eye of the storm and disaster that is fulani are talking and rejecting the ruga nonsense because they know the truth deep down. That is why FG suspended it because it is becomig clear that it will end up being limited to core fulani areas and that defeats the primary purpose of spreading the fulani disease like some virulent strain of hell all over the country especially the South.

NO TO RUGA!