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Fulani Uprising: Federal Govt May Stop Transportation Of Cows Across The Country, Tighten Border Security

PIC   003Nigerian Federal Government is making moves to stem what seems to be uprising by Fulani people in many parts of the North and South.
Rising from a meeting on grazing reserve at the Presidential Villa, Abuja today, Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo instructed a grazing reserve committee to work towards stopping transportation of cattles across the country.
Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina told newsmen after the meeting that the alternative measures being worked out is the opening of more abbatoirs.
He said that measures are also being put in place to tighten security on the country’s borders to prevent elements that are infiltrating to cause security problem from entering.
“Dialogue among some stakeholders, especially in Benue and Plateau, the flash points of Fulani uprising, is being worked out too,” the minister said.

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