The Spokesperson of Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Comrade Yinka Odumakin, has alleged that a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is one of the promoters of the planned RUGA settlement scheme which seeks to give free land to herdsmen for cattle grazing and other forms of animal husbandry. Odumakin drew the attention … Read more
The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has stated that suspension of RUGA by President Muhammadu Buhari instead of total cancellation showed that there was no genuineness in the actions of the Federal Government. BNYL claimed that RUGA had been repackaged as National Livestock Transformation by the Presidency as a new strategy to settle Fulani herdsmen … Read more
The Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), in Southern Nigeria on Sunday, cautioned the people of the area to remain vigilant even with the suspension of the controversial Ruga settlement for Fulani herdsmen. The was made known in a press statement issued by Dr. Joseph Ajujungwa, Secretary of CAN, in the 17 Southern States. It would … Read more
A group, the Arewa Defenders Forum, ADF, has thrown its support to the Coalition of Northern Youths’ stand on the need to have the Ruga settlements in the country. The forum said the need for the Ruga settlement was to reduce the mobility of cattle breeders, so that the terrorists sponsored to destabilize the North … Read more
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that he will only allow Fulani herdsmen to lay pipes from the Bonny Ocean to the north for their cows. Wike said there was no part of the state that would be given to herdsmen. He also said that if not for God, Nigeria would not be … Read more
The Northern Governors’ Forum has urged all stakeholders, especially in the North, to remain calm and be democratic in expressing their views about the suspended Ruga settlement project by the federal government. The forum chairman and governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, made the appeal in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr … Read more
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has threatened fire over the ultimatum issued by what it called a faceless coalition of Northern Youths over the controversial Ruga settlement. It was reported that the youths had given the Federal Government 30 days to implement Ruga across the 36 States and the FCT. But reacting, the OYC, … Read more
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation minister, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to cancel instead of rejecting the Ruga farm settlement policy. He said this while reacting to reports of President Muhammadu Buhari suspending the Ruga farm settlement for Fulani herdsmen. Buhari is said to have suspended the Ruga programme pending further notice. RUGA settlement … Read more
Lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, has advised the federal government to replace the suspended Ruga settlement scheme with ranching. Falana stated this, while reacting to the suspension of Ruga settlement by the federal government. “As far back as 2016 the Buhari administration had opted for ranching. “To actualise the ranching policy 11 states had made … Read more
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday, warned that Federal Government’s planned Ruga herdsmen settlements could spark an explosion in the country if not properly handled. Soyinka, who was speaking at the inauguration of the United Nations Solutions 17 SDG programme in Lagos, noted that the Ruga project of the Federal Government was not the … Read more
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has reacted to the controversy over the proposed Ruga Settlement, an initiative the federal government says will check insecurity arising from open animal grazing. According to him, the President was not imposing Fulani settlements on unwilling states contrary to speculations. He spoke with State House correspondents on Monday after … Read more