Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has decried the prevailing insecurity ravaging the country.
This is as it said that more than 15,000 herders and their families have so far relocated outside Nigeria due to the security challenges.
The national president of the MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Nglzarma, stated this while addressing newsmen on the sidelines of inauguration of the newly elected Kwara state MACBAN chairman, Alhaji Shehu Garba, in Ilorin.
Nglzarma said that the Fulani pastoralists are the worst affected by banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and terrorism in the country.
According to him, more than over 40,000 cattle have so far been lost to cattle rustling, adding that several numbers of Fulanis have been killed due to insecurity in the country.
The MACBAN boss further maintained that there should be a community-based approach that will involve every stakeholder to solve security challenges bedeviling the people.
He condemned the ethnic profiling of Fulani people as criminal elements, adding that people should not always believe everything they see on social media.
He, however, called for collaboration of host communities, indigenous Fulani and other stakeholders towards fashioning out organic solutions to reduce cases of security challenges in the country to the barest minimum.
Alhaji Nglzarma said the leadership of Fulanis was working with different stakeholders to ensure peaceful coexistence in the country.
“The leadership of the association is also finding solutions to put an end to the situation whereby herders continue to wander about with their cattle. We’ve found out that the practice is no longer sustainable because of the increasing population. We’re looking at having a single herders’ settlement. Everyone wants to enjoy life,” he said.
