The president intervenes to resolve the conflict between herders and farmers

The Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, created a presidential committee to end the conflicts between herders and livestock farmers, which have been going on for years in his country and in which thousands of people have died.

According to the statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, a report titled “Livestock Reforms and Reduction of Related Conflicts in Nigeria” was presented to Tinubu. Following the report, Tinubu established the Presidential Committee to promote peaceful coexistence of herders and farmers.

President Tinubu charged the committee with the responsibility of reforming the livestock sector and providing long-term solutions to the recurring conflicts between herders and farmers in the country. Tinubu said: “I tried to find a solution to this problem in 2018 but it turned out to be very difficult. “But they told me to never give up and today I believe the solution is here.”

Northern Nigeria is occasionally the scene of violent clashes between the Fulani people, who are dedicated to animal husbandry, and some tribes who are dedicated to agriculture. Fulani nomads claim farmers are trying to steal their animals and attack them.

Spread across many countries in West and Central Africa, the Fulani are known as the largest semi-nomadic tribe in Africa with a population of approximately 40 million.

Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, noted that more than 60,000 people have lost their lives in the conflicts taking place in the country since 2001. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)