Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has condemned how the Southern Governors banned open grazing in their region, stressed that the North protected them during the civil war, but they are paying back by maltreating the herdsmen in the South.
Ganduje stated this while receiving the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, during the Sallah traditional ‘Hawan Nasarawa‘ at the Government House, in Kano State.
He further explained that open grazing is an outdated way of rearing cattle which has bread poverty and that it is no longer accepted, but that the way the Southern Governors approached the issue is not acceptable.
According to him, “It is true that the oldest mood of cattle movement from one end to another, rather bread poverty and is no longer tenable.
“However, the way and manner Fulani headers are being subjected to untold maltreatment and agony in the southern part of this country are not acceptable, and this should change,; because they are equally Nigerians, who have rights of living anywhere.
” I recall how late Emir of Kano Ado Bayero, protected none indigents during the civil war, and for those who fled Kano leaving behind their properties, everything was duly protected by the Emir, including rent money realised, was given to them when they returned”.
Recall that the Governors from the southern part of Nigeria have been attacked by many politicians after calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to ban open grazing in their region due to the security challenges caused by the herdsmen.
According to the Senate President, the Governors should provide solutions to the problems in their respective states before accusing the federal government of any wrongdoing.
