No land For Fulani Herdsmen RUGA Settlement, Rivers Govt Reacts To Federal Government’s Plot No land For Fulani Herdsmen RUGA Settlement, Rivers Govt Reacts To Federal Government’s Plot

No land For Fulani Herdsmen RUGA Settlement, Rivers Govt Reacts To Federal Government’s Plot

FeaturedNigeria July 2, 2019 Dianabasi Effiong

From Dianabasi Effiong Rivers State Government has stated that it will not participate in the Federal Government’s  Ruga Settlements for  herdsmen. The Rivers State... No land For Fulani Herdsmen RUGA Settlement, Rivers Govt Reacts To Federal Government’s Plot

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From Dianabasi Effiong

Rivers State Government has stated that it will not participate in the Federal Government’s  Ruga Settlements for  herdsmen.
The Rivers State Government in a statement signed  by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry  of  Information, Paulinus  Nsirim noted that the state has no land for the implementation  of such a policy.

It noted that Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike in his second term had prioritised  commercial agriculture,  hence all available arable land in the state would be needed to drive commercial agriculture across the state to create employment  for Rivers youths.

The state government emphasised  that it had not given any approval for the siting of Ruga settlements anywhere in Rivers state, adding that no such approval would come from the state government for the Ruga settlements.

The Statement reiterated that Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike would continue  to defend the interest of Rivers people,  who have overwhelmingly rejected Cattle Colonies, Ruga Settlements and any such policy.

Rivers indigenes are hereby advised to join the State Government to protect all arable lands by reporting any form of encroachment under whatever guise.

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