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Herdsmen, farmers' crises:
Osinbajo C’ttee recommends
census, gazetted reserves, others
By Umar Yusuf
YOLA— THE Osinbajo
Committee on Farmers/
Herdsmen conflict has
recommended that all the
three tiers of government
should device ways such as
census, gazetted reserves,
control of foreigners’ influx
to identify herdsmen in
their areas and curb the
menace of influx of foreign
herders.
The Ad Hoc Committee of
the National Economic
Council, NEC, headed by
Governor Dave Umahi of
Ebonyi State made the
recommendation in a
resolution after a
stakeholders meeting in
Yola, Adamawa State
capital.
The committee noted that
since it was alleged that
foreign herders were
responsible for most of the
conflicts with farmers across
the country, proper census
and identification of the
herders in a particular area
will curb the intrusion and
atrocities of their foreign
counterparts.
The committee also
recommended that state
and federal governments
should group the
herdsmen into gazetted
reserves to ensure peaceful
co-existence between
herdsmen and farmers.
Governor Umahi, while
reading the committee’s
recommendation, also
condemned the rampant
killings and destruction of
property in the state, saying
“both parties need peace at
this crucial moment.”
He appealed to the
warring groups that all
clashes, killings and
hostilities must stop while
decorum be maintained
when presenting their
claims to enable the
committee do a thorough
job that will stand the test
of time, while finding a
lasting solution to the
skirmishes.
Roll call
The meeting brought
together representatives of
the traditional rulers from
Numan, Demsa, Lamurde,
Shelleng and Giriei;
farmers, Miyetti Allah,
women group, Christian/
Muslim groups, security
operatives and other
stakeholders.
The committee
maintained that livestock
production should be
encouraged by the Central
Bank of Nigeria, CBN,
through the development
and equipping of grazing
reserves in states, where
they existed, such as
Adamawa.
The committee further
noted that Adamawa State
had 31 grazing reserves of
105,646 hectares of land, of
which the state government
submitted that some of
these gazetted reserves had
been encroached upon.
... creates sub-committee
Governor Umahi,
thereafter, set up a subcommittee,
with the Deputy
Governor as Chairman, six
members from Miyetti
Allah, 10 from the five local
government areas, 10
members from the state
government, including the
Commissioner for
Livestock Production.
Others are Professor
Alikison Voh, Usman
Ibrahim, six traditional
rulers, six members each
from CAN and Muslim
Council, all security
agencies and six members
of the farmers’ council.
Earlier, Governor
Mohammed Jibrilla of
Adamawa State,
represented by his deputy,
Martins Babale, had
described peace and unity
as panacea for growth and
development, saying
dividends of democracy
cannot be achieved in an
atmosphere of chaos.
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We'll not condone cattle rustling in Kogi— Bello
By Boluwaji
Obahopo
L
O K O J A —
GOVERNOR
Yahaya Bello of Kogi State
has warned cattle rustlers
that their activities will not
By Marie-Therese
Nanlong
JOS
Electricity
Distribution Company,
JEDC, has said 24,000 of
the 50,000 metres allocated
to its customers were
inactive due to illegal bypassing
by the customers.
JEDC said it will
introduce the whistleblower
policy so that cases of illegal
by-pass, tapping and
vandalisation can be dealt
be condoned in the state.
Governor Bello, who
spoke yesterday on the
heels of a farm attack by
rustlers, who killed one and
stole 99 cows, said the
state’s hospitality should
not be taken for granted.
with.
Also, the company said it
has not reviewed the tariff
as approved by the
Nigerian Electricity
Regulatory Commission,
NERC, urging customers
to ignore rumour.
Speaking with
journalists in Jos, the
company’s Chief
Executive Officer,
Mohamed Modibbo,
maintained that the
company’s retail tariff
He spoke through his
Director-General, Media
and Publicity, Mr. Kingsley
Fanwo, and assured people
of the state that
government will protect
them from criminals.
His words: “The reports
JEDC laments dormant prepaid metres
remains within the same
bracket as other distribution
companies in the country
and the current tariff
regime has not changed
since its approval by NERC
after extensive customer
consultation in December
2015.
His words: “If actual
economic indices or
parameters are applied,
consumers are likely to
witness almost 100 percent
increase in tarrif.”
of cattle rustling in Mopa
is regrettable. Security
agencies will investigate the
matter and bring
perpetrators to justice. The
State Security Adviser,
Commander Jerry
Omodara (retd) is working
with security agencies to
ensure that criminal
elements do not have a
place in our society.
“Our open arms is no
invitation to criminals. Our
first responsibility as a
government is to ensure the
security of lives and
properties in the state.”
The governor assured the
management of Daniyan
Farms, victim of the rustling
attack, that thorough
investigations will be done,
appealing to the people not
to take the laws into their
hands.
Glo’s Professor Johnbull
cautions against talebearers
SEASON five of the
Globacom-sponsored
TV drama series,
Professor Johnbull, ends
today, Friday, with an
episode is entitled ‘Story
People,’ which revolves
around Ikoku, played by
Nollywood actor, Browny
Igboewu, who goes
about telling tales and
claiming to know virtually
all important people,
including presidents of
foreign nations.
The series airs at
8.30p.m. on Tuesdays
and Fridays on NTA
Network, NTA
International on DSTV
Channel 251 and NTA
on StarTimes.
Viewers will watch
Ikoku spread his tales
from the gullible Mai
Doya (Funky Mallam) to
Olaniyi (Yomi Fash-
Lanso), and how he
succeeds in making the
philanderer, Flash
(Stephen Odimgbe),
Betting's revenue source for
FG, entrepreneurs—Brooker
By Oboh
Agbonkhese
MR. Alex Brooker,
the publisher of
Brooks Sporting Pools
and Lotto, a new sports,
pools and lotto weekly
journal, has said betting
is a source of revenue for
the Federal Government,
capital for entrepreneurs,
fees for indigents
students looking to enroll
for exams and has also
turned many away from
a life of crimes.
Speaking at the
introduction of the
specialised journal to
newsmen in Lagos, Mr.
Brooker said if the
Federal Government is
not making money from
By Aliyu Dangida
D UTSE—UNICEF
has pledged to
execute water project
worth N6 billion in
Jigawa State.
The Managing
Director, Rural and Water
Supply and Sanitation,
RUWASA, Engr. Labaran
Adamu, who revealed
this during a visit to the
Chairman of Birnin Kudu
Local Government, said
UNICEF has selected
Birnin Kudu, Roni and
Birniwa councils to
compete for the project.
Adamu, who was
represented by Engr.
believe that he can pass
his examinations without
reading by drinking a
substance that will make
his brain work better.
Besides, viewers will be
anxious to find out why
Olaniyi shuts his
restaurant; if there is a
goat-killing licence for
pepper soup joint owners
and if indeed there is a ban
on beer consumption
because of health
concerns.
In ‘Story People,’ the
sitcom’s protagonist,
Professor Johnbull
(Kanayo O. Kanayo), is in
his element as he calls for
public sympathy for
“compulsive prevaricators”
such as Ikoku, who he
describes as a
“psychopath.”
He cautions against
public gullibility and urges
people to be on the alert
whenever the allknowing-tale
bearers
come calling.
the multi-billion Naira
betting industry, their
agents and consultants
must have compromised,
noting that sports betting
in the country has come to
stay.
He added that the
journal, which is in touch
with over 20 UK-based
compilers, will serve the
need of the staking public
through authentic pools
and lotto forecasts, while
monitoring the activities of
pools promoters and
agents, and reporting
same objectively.
“With Brooks Sporting
Pools and Lotto, an
authoritative journal, we
will create 35 millionaires
in one month,” Mr.
Brooker promised.
UNICEF to execute N6bn
water project in Jigawa
Kamaluddeen Ahmed,
explained that any of the
three that excels in
environmental hygiene,
particularly in access to
toilet and provision of soap
or ash to wash afterwards,
will win the project.
Responding, the council
chairman, Alhaji Sani
Audu, vowed to utilise all
available resources for
public enlightenment to
strengthen the personal
and environment
cleanness in the area.
He said workers will be
mobilised for door-to-door
campaign against open
defecation and promotion
of personal hygiene.
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