We’re taking measures to end farmer/herder clashes – Senate panel

The Senate committee on livestock has said it is committed to ensuring it delivered on its mandate including advancing nipping in the bud the issue of farmer/herder clashes in the country. Addressing newsmen after their maiden meeting at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Livestock, Senator Musa Mustapha (Yobe […]

The Senate committee on livestock has said it is committed to ensuring it delivered on its mandate including advancing nipping in the bud the issue of farmer/herder clashes in the country.

Addressing newsmen after their maiden meeting at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Livestock, Senator Musa Mustapha (Yobe East), said the committee resolved to invite the minister of livestock development, Idi Maiha, to make presentations on the ministry’s blueprint and implemention measures.

Recall that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently established the ministry of livestock development following the adoption of a report of the National Livestock Reforms Committee chairmen by Professor Attahiu Jega.

Senator Mustapha said, “We are committed to this noble assignment in the interest of the nation.”

Similarly, the vice chairman of the committee, Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), said the creation of the ministry of livestock has opened new doors for the development of the livestock sector.

Ningi said, “We will first understand the role and the essence of the committee and for this, we have to invite the minister to give us their priority areas. We want Nigerians to have the impact of livestock development. It is not just about the North, but the entire country.”

Also, a member of the committee, Senator Simon Lalong (APC, Plateau South), said one of the mandates of the committee is to ensure that the issue of farmer/herder clashes is nipped in the bud, stressing that lawmakers were determined to end the crisis in the country.

“Yes, the issue of farmer/herder clashes is one of the reasons for the creation of livestock development ministry, and our mandate as a committee is to also look into that issue.”