Tag: MACBAN

Tinubu: Miyetti-Allah makes u-turn, says “we did not endorse any presidential aspirant”

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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), says it has not endorsed any presidential aspirant for the 2023 General Elections. The association’s National Secretary, Baba Ngelzarma, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen yesterday in Abuja. Recall that the Chairman of its Jigawa chapter, Ya’u Haruna, had on Sunday endorsed the presidential aspiration of Mr Tinubu after its meeting at the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute, Abuja. However, Ngelzarma stated the association was yet to single out an individual for support. He said: “The…

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‘Declare bandits terrorists’, Miyetti-Allah urges FG

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The Bauchi chapter of the Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore, has backed calls for the declaration of bandits as terrorists. Supporting the stance of the Senate, House of Representatives and Speakers House of Assemblies, who have made the call in the past, the association advised the Federal Government to do the needful to curb banditry. Its Bauchi State chairman, Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmad, who spoke with newsmen yesterday, said, ” As far as I am concerned, the nail must be hit on the head, who are the terrorists? Terrorists are…

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Ondo: Miyetti-Allah abandons open-grazing, adopts feedlot system

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..State govt. trains 150 cattle breeders, others The Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), Ondo State chapter, has embraced the feedlot operational system as an alternative to open grazing, saying it will help them increase their profit and end the age-long acrimony with the farmers. MACBAN State Secretary, Ahmed Danna, said this, at the weekend, in Akure at the end of a five-day training for corporate bodies, the general public and other stakeholders with interest in agricultural value-chain business with special emphasis on feedlot operational system. It was organised…

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Kaduna: Gunmen invade community, kill Miyetti-Allah State chairman

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The chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), in Lere local government area of Kaduna State, has been killed by unknown gunmen. The deceased, identified as Abubakar Abdullahi, was killed in the early hours of yesterday. The development was confirmed in a statement issued by the MACBAN’s Director of Media and Publicity in Kaduna State, Ibrahim Bayero-Zango, yesterday. According to the MACBAN’s spokesman, the attackers stormed the home of the chairman, popularly known as Dambardi, in Lere town at about 1:00 am. and killed him. “When they arrived at…

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Anti-grazing Bill: ‘A cow may cost N2 million’ – Miyetti-Allah alerts

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The Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN), has warned that a cow could cost N2 million if the anti-grazing Bill is passed into law in Lagos State. The Zonal Secretary of the association in the South-West, Maikudi Usman, stated this during a one-day public hearing organised by the Lagos State House of Assembly. According to him, “If cattle are bred in one place, the price could go up to about N2 million each. A Fulani man moves from one place to another to ply his trade; however, we…

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“No indigenous Fulani in Yorubaland”, Afenifere group tells MACBAN

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The Afenifere Renewal Group, (ARG), yesterday warned the Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), against the deliberate misrepresentation of the indigenous demography of Yorubaland, saying there is no Fulani settlement in any part of the South-West region that fits the dictionary definition of the word ‘indigenous’. The MACBAN Secretary-General, Usman Baba-Ngelzerma, was quoted to have, during a live televinterview, said: “In Ondo and most of the southern States, we have indigenous pastoralists whose fathers were brought up in those states and those who are there today were also brought…

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“Anti open-grazing law is satanic; herders going nowhere” – Miyetti Allah

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…Says Abuja originally a grazing reserve The Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore, has declared that herders will continue to graze their cattle in Southern Nigeria despite the September deadline given by their State governors to begin the implementation of the anti-open grazing law in the region.  The group, which described the anti-open grazing law of the Southern governors as “satanic”, also proclaimed that the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja, was originally designed to be a grazing reserve before it was turned into the nation’s capital city.  The Secretary General of…

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‘Fulani ready for Nigeria’s break up’ — Miyetti Allah

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The Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore association has declared that the Fulani ethnic stock is ready to break away from Nigeria if the country comes to that eventual decision. The National Secretary of the association, Alhassan Saleh, made the declaration on Friday, while reacting to the decision of the 17 Southern governors to ban open grazing after they held a meeting on Tuesday in Asaba, Delta State. According to Saleh, “If the South feels that because they have oil, they can show this open hatred to the Fulani, I bet you, they are late. “You cannot…

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‘7 Fulani herdsmen, 850 cattle killed in Kaduna State’, Miyetti-Allah claims

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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), has revealed that seven Fulani herdsmen and 850 cattle were killed recently in Zangon-Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. This is according to the Kaduna State Branch of MACBAN. Addressing journalists on Thursday, MACBAN’s Director of Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Bayero, said the killings occurred within five days during a communal clash in the area last month. He lamented that this is despite the various peace efforts initiated by concerned stakeholders of Fulani, Hausa and Atyap ethnic groups in Kataf…

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Miyetti-Allah to FG: ‘Allow all Nigerians bear arms’

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Ø  As Bauchi Gov. reverses self, begs herdsmen against carrying arms The Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria,(MACBAN), has called on the Federal Government to allow every Nigerian to bear firearms to protect themselves considering the security challenges in the country. This call was made by its Chairman in Bauchi state, Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed during an interview, who said since that the Federal government has failed in its responsibility to protect lives and properties, citizens should be allowed to bear arms so they can protect themselves. However, in what seems…

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