The rights group noted that building Ruga settlements or cattle ranches with state resources in the 36 states showed undue favouritism for the Fulani over every other ethnic group in Nigeria. A milking parlour will buy the milk, thus preventing their wives from moving about, he added. But Centrep’s executive director, Oghenejabor Ikimi, said as beautiful as the programme may appear on paper, it is not a holistic approach to solving the famers/herders’ problem nationwide, but an attempt by the government to establish Fulani settlements across the 36 states. “If we may ask, is cattle business in Nigeria now a state business? The above would no doubt erase every deep-rooted suspicion Nigerians have for the said programme,” Ikimi said.

Source: The Guardian July 01, 2019 04:07 UTC