BEVERLY HILLS, February 02, (THEWILL) – The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led panel on the farmers/herdsmen clashes has raised a Committee to interface with the Miyetti Allah and the other stakeholders in the herders/farmers crises.
This was disclosed by the Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz Yari, who broke the news to newsmen, after a meeting of the panel on Thursday, saying the sub-Committee, headed by Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, will address some specific aspects of the task of ending killings in the country.
“There is progress. This Committee is a NEC committee established by the Vice President so that this issue of herdsmen/farmers clashes will be put to rest,” he said.
“Though it is a long-standing problem since 2007, in some states, particularly in my own state, we have been battling with it. Now the states and Federal Government under the leadership of the Vice President have agreed to have a small committee at NEC so that the situation will not get out of hand, so that it won’t be looked at as an ethnic crisis or religious crisis.
“So, in our discussion today, we set up a committee headed by the Governor of Ebonyi State. Plateau and Adamawa governors are members. Other people will be brought to join the committee from hotspot states – Benue, Taraba, Adamawa and Zamfara, where there is crises so that they can interface with the Miyetti Allah and other groups to see how we can reduce this to the barest minimum.
“As government, we have to take all the measures despite the fact that the Army, Police, and all the security agents are on the field at the respective places, still we have to form this committee to interface with those actors so that this matter can be reduced to the barest minimum and possibly be wiped off.”
