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RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by Elchicolo: 11:48pm On Aug 04, 2019 |
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang at the weekend called on states in the southern part of the country to support the implementation of the proposed RUGA cattle settlement programme by making land available. According to him, N2.258 billion was provided for its implementation in the 2019 budget. He spoke in Abuja while hosting students of Law School Abuja from Akwa Ibom State. He explained the word – RUGA is not derived from Hausa or Fulani, but an acronym for Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) initiated in 1956 during the colonial era. He also assured it was not intended to Islamise, Fulanise or colonise anybody. He said that the budgetary provision is in volume 1 under the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural development item number ERGP 5208 where the sum of N2.258bn was provided and budgeted for the grazing programme. He said that National Assembly members are not against the Ruga programme because they are aware of it and has been approving funds for its implementation. Besides the over N2 billion appropriated for the Ruga, he said that there were also budgeted sum of N300 million for water sanitation, N400 million development for sweet potatoes, 350 million for ginger development amongst several other provisions. The RUGA policy, he said, is just one component of the budget under the ministry of agriculture. He added that the objective of the budget for RUGA is to promote cattle breeding and meat production. The RUGA programme, he said,is an integrated farm system which has schools, good road, tractors and mechanisatiom, agricultural integration with a provision for primary healthcare, vetinery, schools. Apart from the budgeted sum for RUGA in the 2019 budget, there is another sum provided for the emergency Ruga implementation programme approved in May by the National Economic Council for states that will make land available. Enang said that since 1999 he has been hosting students of Law School from Akwa Ibom State but this was specifically to enlighten them on the objective of RUGA programme against the ongoing misconceptions. He asked the law students one after the other what they know about RUGA and each and everyone gave his view on the issue. Some said they have not known much about the real issue because government was yet to enlighten them on it. He went on: “RUGA is not a plan to seize land from people neither and it’s not meant to fulanize or colonize anybody. ”The Programme is meant to address the issue of cattle roaming and destruction of farmland which would put an end to the herders/farmers crisis, ” Enang explained. According to him, people in the south have farm settlements and plantations that can be equated to Ruga. ”The idea of RUGA graduated in 1978 into the Land Use Act which states that a portion of land has to be reserved for grazing to avoid the destruction of farm produce by cattle. ”Over time cattle roamed and destroyed farms hence the introduction of the policy to address the issue, ” he said He noted that in places like the north, earth dams were constructed to cater for cattle. He expressed shocks over the inability of some states governors to understand the policy. One of the first RUGA programmes, he said, is Obudu Cattle Ranch and the Yankari Games Reserve. Stressing that the Federal Government is not trying to takeover anybody’s land for Ruga , he said that land under the land use act is in the hands of state government. He faulted the claims by some governors that it was meant to Fulanize people. He said that the emergency RUGA programme did not involve any state in the South East, South West and the South South because the areas that had the problems were about 10 states mainly North Central, and few states in North West and North East. Responding to questions from the law students he said in most places wealth is measured by the number of cattle one has. Senator Enang said that people in the southern part of the country preferred the local cow because it’s more nutritious than the ones brought from the north. He urged the states in the south to open up their lands for RUGA. He said those in the habit of abusing their leaders are not well informed on the policy adding that their representatives in the national assembly unanimously passed the budget for RUGA and the ministers from all the states of the federation also approved the RUGA at NEC. He said that the president is very sensitive to the plight of Nigerian hence the call for the suspension of the RUGA policy. He also appealed to all Nigerians to stop politicizing the implementation of the ruga policy. He said that if lawyers understand, the world will understand. The students appreciated the senator appealing to government to increase its public enlightenment programme to enable the citizens understand better its policies and programmes to avoid rancor. https://thenationonlineng.net/ruga-to-gulp-n2-2bn-in-2019-enang/
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Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by mrvitalis(m): 12:20am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Fulanis are not native to the north central North west have lots of dams and niger state have lots of unused land Use that money to build more dams in the north west for irigate the lands for grass to grow The RUGA similar projects that was done before can we have a look how it done out ? Kaduna own , jos also 51 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by DeOTR: 1:13am On Aug 05, 2019 |
So far it's in the core North, we don't really care. 14 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by timecapsule: 1:17am On Aug 05, 2019 |
If 2.258 billion was provide for the implementation for RUGA in 2019 budget. Tell oe better still advice federal government to share the money to state government for them to build RUGA for their indigenes. Or is Cows federal government property or business? Tell them to develop it their in the north and eat the proceeds. In this century people still rear cows around. What an analog system is this. It's like they have charmed you. What a nonsense. 57 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by Oluwasaeon(m): 1:19am On Aug 05, 2019 |
As long as it remains in the North 3 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by bitcoinmama(f): 1:25am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Is this really Nigeria's problem? 23 Likes 1 Share |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by yarimo(m): 1:36am On Aug 05, 2019 |
bitcoinmama:before nko? |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by bitcoinmama(f): 1:42am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Hmmmmm yarimo: |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by OruExpress: 3:13am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Nigerians and this 'gulp' of a word 2 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by zeromeridian: 7:08am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Ok |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by helinues: 7:13am On Aug 05, 2019 |
N2.2bn?? Which Ruga are they talking about again? 4 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by sebali: 7:17am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Ruga is dead and gone.
The money budgeted for Ruga should be re directed to Education or Security 13 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by Nobody: 7:20am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Split the funds amongst the 36 states, which in turn enable Grant's to private ranchers and local livestock industries.. 31 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by izombie(m): 7:23am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Another avenue to siphon money. They will still come back to tell us 2.2billion was not enough to implement ruga. To think that any southerner actually queued to vote buhari for a second term after hos woeful first term is beyond imagination. 47 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by landforeast(m): 7:24am On Aug 05, 2019 |
See what our Brothers from the other side has caused because of greed and hatred for Jonathan. Even they want to take over while not bring another person instead of a herder as Nigeria president. 15 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by sebali: 7:42am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Esseite: Wise 3 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by michlins(m): 7:46am On Aug 05, 2019 |
These people are determined oh. See how they are forcing this down our throats. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by doyinbaby(f): 7:47am On Aug 05, 2019 |
landforeast:when yaradua died... south west protested that Jonathan must be made president just as the consistution said ....he was made president he completed yaradua tenure .....he contested again we voted for Him. But he showed that he never valued us....he never regarded the southwest..... Jonathan marginalised the southwest....he was going every where pleasing the northerners ....he then said the Igbo were his brothers...... Jonathan marginalised the Yoruba despite how we supported him....... Yoruba never hated Jonathan ....we loved him but Jonathan never valued nor regarded us....he only ran to Southwest when the 2015 election was close... 14 Likes 1 Share |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by landforeast(m): 7:51am On Aug 05, 2019 |
doyinbaby:Can you Categorically state how Jonathan Marginalised the South West. 34 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by NaijaRoyalty(m): 9:50am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Oshey, Next Level . |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by Grace001: 9:51am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Is it a must that all 36 states have cow settlement called RUGA, they should give it to states who want it haba. Truly there is hidden agenda about this RUGA thing. 7 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by Arewa12: 9:51am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Hmmm we still dey this ruga matter |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by Nobody: 9:52am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Una no dy tire for this RUGA matter 2 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by Toscarel: 9:53am On Aug 05, 2019 |
who cares, they have done a lot more worse and useless things with government funds in the past. just as long as the king of the north keeps his land grabbing agenda in the north where its from useless and RUGA 5 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by gurunlocker: 9:55am On Aug 05, 2019 |
RUGA should be an individual or private investment in the North! Don't force this shit on the masses. 4 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by MondayOsunbor(m): 9:55am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Elchicolo: Nation newspaper owner Tinubu that all you need to know .this where is the cow man still think he will rule Nigeria .very funny 1 Like |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by Toscarel: 9:56am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Esseite: yes pig rearers , poultry owner , and others need a peace of the action too. let each state choose the livestock they want to specialise in, rather than this land grabbing moves they are making 6 Likes |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by Seetto: 9:57am On Aug 05, 2019 |
doyinbaby:It is obvious that Jonathan treated southwest like trash... |
Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by jasmine1600: 9:58am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Nigeria is gone. 1 Like
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Re: RUGA To Gulp N2.2bn From The 2019 Budget - Enang by DameB(f): 10:00am On Aug 05, 2019 |
Cow owners should cough out that money... 1 Like |
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