Following several calls from aggrieved agrarian host communities in Delta State, seeking total evacuation of herders and their cattle out of the State; the State government says it has commenced processes to end the act of herdsmen taking laws into their hands while in the State.
The Director-General of Security Matters, David Tonwei made the disclosure at a peace meeting in Asaba the State Capital.
With the ongoing last-minute efforts to effect observations raised during the State legislators public hearing on the Anti-open grazing bill that will end Cattle incursions into farmlands, the Director-General on Security Matters, David Tonwei says the State government has proactively decided to place Fulani elders on the forefront of the campaign against herdsmen attacks.
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Earlier, some of the farmers narrated how the nefarious acts of the herders have affected the soil nutrients, adversely.
While the State House of Assembly Anti-open grazing bill and the State government efforts are underway to end herders’ incursions into Farms; residents of the State also want the Hausa/Fulani metal scavengers to be stopped from their activities following cases of their invasion of homes and stealing off portable metal household appliances.
(Editor: Ena Agbanoma)
