Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Shehu, reportedly revealed last Friday that the Federal Government had approved N6.25 billion to kick-start ranching businesses in Buhari’s home state. BUT, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has said that the Katsina ranch project will end the incessant herders/farmers clashes in the country. He added: “For me, the flag-off of the N6.25 billion Katsina ranch is the end-game for the incessant herders/farmers clashes in Nigeria; hence the foremost news of the week. “The Katsina ranch is a poster boy of the NLTP, good news, and we need more urgently. What of food insecurity unleashed by herders/farmers clashes?

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2021 02:58 UTC