Emerging
report indicates that sixteen Nigerian States, have volunteered to surrender
their lands for Cattle Colonies, as proposed by the Federal Government.
The States include: Adamawa,
Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Nasarawa and Plateau.
Others are: Bauchi, Gombe, Borno,
Jigawa, Yobe, Niger, Kogi, and Kwara States.
According to The Punch, all the
16 States have agreed to volunteer 5,000 hectares of land each.
However, Benue and Taraba States
in the North, currently experiencing herdsmen attacks, have rejected the Cattle
Colonies.
All the 17 States of Southern
Nigeria, have also refused to volunteer their land for the Cattle Colonies.
Similarly,
the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, has also rejected the Federal Government’s
plan to establish ‘Cattle Colonies’ in the South-Western States of the country.
More later…
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