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Prominent leaders from Benue State have told President Muhammadu Buhari that there is no land to allow for the establishment of cattle colonies as being proposed by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh.

They made their position known to the president on Monday after they held a closed door meeting with him in the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Governor Samuel Ortom, who led the delegation and addressed the press after the meeting, said Mr. Ogbeh, “who is a son of the soil has explained that cattle colonies are a combination of several ranches” and is proposing that ten thousand hectares should be provided for that purpose.

“In Benue, we don’t have ten hectares for colonies, other states may have, but we don’t have in Benue State,” he said.

Among those in the delegation are former senate president, David Mark; former governor, George Akume and several others.

https://www.benuepress.com/2018/01/benue-leaders-to-president-buhari-no-land-for-cattle-colonies-in-our-state/

QED!

Let the murderers go look elsewhere

Good

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Cattle rearing is a personal business

The Fulani herdsmen should buy land of their choice for their business just like every other Nigerian...

The way the federal government is going about this cattle thing is not encouraging at all
No state should donate their land for such frivolities


Rubbish

RED CARD TO BUHARI AND HIS APC CO TRAVELLERS

Fulani herdsmen are committing so much atrocities unhindered because they think they own this geographical space,what will now happen if colonies are legally allocated to them in every state .

when did cattle rearing become the business of govt and how much do they even contribute to the nations revenue purse

Buhari is a disaster.
He has destroyed all remaining hopes Nigerians has in Nigeria.
Fulani herdsmen atrocities can't be rewarded. They're no different from Boko haram

Una don de wake from slumber.

Goodmorning benue state.


Let them rear cows in their land and transfer down to others for purchase when ready for food, I hope it is better that way.

For igbo land ,we have No land for cow colony even for rent.

No to Buhari/APC !!!!!
No to Atiku/PDP!!!!
No to Aboki/Fulani ( Gworo eating terrorist) !!!!
Yes to Southern Nigeria!!!
Yes to Igbo president!!!
Yes to Yoruba president!!!

Ggam

ok

Nice one!
Murderers aren't welcome in Benue.
Let top benue Business men and women
start up World class animals ranches and proof to fulanis that they can even rear cows better, this will also
provide employment for the unemployed.

A colony is established by the victorious forces after a land has been conquered.
The FG does not care about businesses which pay tax but are planning to subsidize cattle rearing.

Those That Tagged Us As "Wailers" Back Then Are Now Wailing Than The Wailers

Nice reply.

I still see no reason why this matter will still deliberated on.
This is a full time business for christ sake, the federal government will not provide land and shops free of charge for our brothers in the east, it will not provide farms and equipment for our brothers who's major source of livelihood is farming, yet they want to provide land free of charge for a business that yields billions of naira.
I still don't understand...

If you want land, buy it and ranch your cattle please.

yes! Tell him!

Buhari called them to create a place for cattles he values more than humans .is a pity

The world is talking artificial intelligence, rocket science,electric cars e.t.c Nigeria is talking cattle-as in nama. To make matters worse, people are dying and loosing sleep. Pathetic

owoicho13:
Prominent leaders from Benue State have told President Muhammadu Buhari that there is no land to allow for the establishment of cattle colonies as being proposed by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh.

They made their position known to the president on Monday after they held a closed door meeting with him in the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Governor Samuel Ortom, who led the delegation and addressed the press after the meeting, said Mr. Ogbeh, “who is a son of the soil has explained that cattle colonies are a combination of several ranches” and is proposing that ten thousand hectares should be provided for that purpose.

“In Benue, we don’t have ten hectares for colonies, other states may have, but we don’t have in Benue State,” he said.

Among those in the delegation are former senate president, David Mark; former governor, George Akume and several others.

Ekiti govt bars Fayemi, one other from occupying public office

The Governor Ayo Fayose-led government in Ekiti state has barred the state’s immediate past governor now minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi from holding any public office in Ekiti state for 10 years.

This was announced in a White Paper released by Ekiti government on Monday which also barred Mr. Dapo Kolawole, who served under Fayemi as commissioner for Finance, for the same number of years.

Read more: https://newsworth.ng/ekiti-govt-bars-fayemi-one-occupying-public-office/

Cattle rearing is a business to those who choose it like the rearing of other livestocks. Fulanis should go and get ranch to rear their cattles. Nigeria is not among the country that produces cattle most in the world, I don't why this is happening.

"Sarrki to yarimo" : benue elders are ipob youths.

nonsense

wetin person no go hear for 9jiriya

Buycot cow meat now. Don't pay Fulani bullets

Smh..

No land in the middlebelt or south for Buharis blood thirsty brothers , please they can make the whole sambisa and falgore forest a giant ranch for them ... The north will eventually kill themselves off

Stethaine:
Buycot cow meat now. Don't pay Fulani bullets

I this. People should buy local chicken and rear at home. Of all things to use to inconvenience the whole country and kill people, cow meat. awon people yi ti ya were

Good! Even the colonies is a bad idea. What happens when a herd of cattle move from colony A to colony B for instance?
Ranching would spin news businesses such as supplying grass and feed to cows. And cows would be trucked from ranches to abattoirs.