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The Tiv Area Traditional Council has issued a strong call to the Benue State Government under Governor Hyacinth Alia to urgently facilitate the peaceful withdrawal of herders from farmlands across the Tiv Kingdom, warning of a looming food crisis if farming activities remain suspended.

This decision was reached at an emergency meeting held at the Palace of the Tor Tiv in Gboko and presided over by His Royal Majesty, Prof. James Ayatse. The Council directed traditional and political leaders across all Tiv local government areas to commence peaceful dialogues with herders to ensure their orderly exit from affected communities.

In a communiqué signed by the Council Secretary, Mr. Shinyi Tyozua, the traditional institution set a deadline for all herders to vacate Tiv lands by the end of May 2025. The council warned that failure to act swiftly could trigger widespread hunger and economic setbacks in Benue State and beyond.

“Agricultural activities have come to a standstill in many areas due to herders occupying farmlands and violent attacks forcing farmers to flee,” the Council stated.


The most affected local government areas identified include Kwande, Katsina-Ala, Logo, Ukum, Guma, Makurdi, Gwer West, Gwer East, and Buruku. These communities, the Council noted, have seen a sharp decline in farming as a result of ongoing insecurity and the occupation of lands by armed herders.

The Tor Tiv and the Council stressed the importance of avoiding conflict while reclaiming farmlands, urging the government to act decisively but peacefully to protect the livelihoods of thousands of farming households across the state.

The Tiv Traditional Council’s intervention comes as food prices continue to surge across Nigeria amid worsening security challenges and supply disruptions in key agricultural regions.

Source: The Bureau Newspaper

Cowards!!

Millions looking docile as few corrupt old men muscle them down to slavery . The earlier Nigerian youths decide to stand up the better for them

Too late

Good one, they should vacate

Finally
The great TIV warriors are waking up!!

About damn time.....

These ones have decided to take their destiny into their hands and not waiting for fg

They should have done this many years ago.

Way to go

Bialegend:
Cowards!!

You expect them to threaten on national media? You should use small sense now! By the way, these Fulanis have superior firepower. Majority of the Fulanis are probably former solders that are well-trained. I'm not from Benue but if you know Nigeria already, you don't need explanations for these kinds of things. Many people just make comments on nairaland without looking at how practical their statements are.

Which one is tension again? This is is even too late with all the clash and killings of the inhabitants of the land. Well hope they will stand firmly

This is not what I was expecting. The Tivs should go to war instead.

rinzaugustine:
Millions looking docile as few corrupt old men muscle them down to slavery . The earlier Nigerian youths decide to stand up the better for them

I don't blame them, if they decide to fight back, the Nigerian government will go after them.

We saw a case of self defense here in naija, and we all knew what happened after that.
Until the whole country, especially those affected by this decide in one voice to fight back, making it difficult for the government to take side, nothing will happen.

In 2019, before COVID-19 in Nigeria, I had a terrible dream that I was in a bush and some men holding weapons, they were speaking different languages but still understanding themselves and were chasing after Fulanis. I woke up, and told my husband. It was a terrible dream, in fact, these men also went after their women and children.

Editorialtimes:


Source: The Bureau Newspaper

I thought they were prepared to fight off the herders! The headline suggested that much.

If I hear freedom of movement

Mtcheeeew...how many times

Mirasteel:
They should have done this many years ago.

It's never too late to do the right thing

Stand up as a people. Fulani world over are no more than 20m people. No matter their might a land that isn't theirs will always be strange to them. You know your terrain better. Don't be deceived with their taqiyya because they will come for settlement on hearing this.

yommen:


You express them to threaten on national media? You should use small sense now! By the way, these Fulanis have superior firepower. Majority of the Fulanis are probably former solders that are well-trained. I'm from Benue but if you know Nigeria already, you don't need explanations for these kinds of things.

Way to go

I should say good morning to Tiv people

chrisxxx:
Stand up as a people. Fulani world over are no more than 20m people. No matter their might a land that isn't theirs will always be strange to them. You know your terrain better. Don't be deceived with their taqiyya because they will come for settlement on hearing this.

Tiv and Idoma have been dulling themselves over this issue since.

Are they hustling waking up, when you’ve allowed them stayed for a long period of time and you think they will just leave like that.