Fulani herdsmen have listed conditions to be met in order for them to end open grazing in the country, Sun News reports.
Herdsmen under the umbrella of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore said they are willing to quit open grazing if the government would make finance and logistics available for them to create alternatives to open grazing.
The herdsmen admitted that open grazing is an outdated practice but said they cannot suddenly quit the age-long practice because there was no alternative way yet to feed their cattle.
They promised to leave the farmlands as soon as ranches that are being proposed by some government officials, particularly southern state governors, are provided.
Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore brand Ambassador, Temitope Ajayi, made this known alongside officials of the association on a courtesy visit to the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, in Abuja, on Thursday, November 11.
She said: “Women as Mothers are known to be peacemakers. Women and Children bear the effects of the herders/farmers crisis and all forms of battles and wars, they are the engine room of national development and therefore hold the key to the development of cattle breeding.
She added that there was a need to re-orientate and change the mindset and perceptions of the Fulani herders so as to end outdated practices of open grazing.
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