Is Ruga Settlement in Sync with Global Trends?
The statement by Prof. Wole Soyinka on Tuesday at the inauguration of the United Nations Solutions 17 SDG program in Lagos, questioned the handling of the so called Ruga herdsmen initiative by the Federal Government. Soyinka said the project was not the best approach to resolving the incessant clashes between herders and farmers in the country, but rather could trigger an explosion in the country
Soyinka faulted the Buhari led administration over the project, stating that it is going to an explosion if not handled with care
"This is not the way people and countries deal with issues of cattle. I travel everywhere. It has to be handled in a way that is logical, comprehensible to the environment. When a cow walks up to the windom of my house in Abeokuta, a house which is located in a residential area, then there is a problem"
"When a cow goes to Ijebu Ode and eats up their seedlings and so o and you expect people to be quiet? People have been killed in hundreds just because of the failure of leadership at a critical time
"And the cattle herders have been given a sense of impunity. They killwithout any compunction. they drive away the farmers who have been contributing to the food solutions in the country, the cattle eat their crops and then you come up with Ruga
"I think that there is going to be trouble in this country if this Ruga thing is not handled imaginatively and with humanity as priority. Any country where cattle take priority over human life is definitely at an elementary stage"
Ruga is a Hausa term that means cattle settlement, which also stands for Rural Grazing Area (RUGA).
The implementation of Ruga has been met with considerable outrage from Nigerians
Soyinka faulted the Buhari led administration over the project, stating that it is going to an explosion if not handled with care
"This is not the way people and countries deal with issues of cattle. I travel everywhere. It has to be handled in a way that is logical, comprehensible to the environment. When a cow walks up to the windom of my house in Abeokuta, a house which is located in a residential area, then there is a problem"
"When a cow goes to Ijebu Ode and eats up their seedlings and so o and you expect people to be quiet? People have been killed in hundreds just because of the failure of leadership at a critical time
"And the cattle herders have been given a sense of impunity. They killwithout any compunction. they drive away the farmers who have been contributing to the food solutions in the country, the cattle eat their crops and then you come up with Ruga
"I think that there is going to be trouble in this country if this Ruga thing is not handled imaginatively and with humanity as priority. Any country where cattle take priority over human life is definitely at an elementary stage"
Ruga is a Hausa term that means cattle settlement, which also stands for Rural Grazing Area (RUGA).
The implementation of Ruga has been met with considerable outrage from Nigerians
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