Maj. Abubakar Abdullahi, the acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations in 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Wednesday.
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The tussle between farmers and herders is more pronounced in the Middle Belt/North Central states of Plateau, Nasarawa and Benue
Mr Ikharo Attah, Chairman, FCT Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation, who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, said this was due to contravention of sanitation regulations.
The Christian Association of Nigeria has told the Federal Government to jettison the planned RUGA scheme, saying the association was opposed to the implementation of the programme anywhere in Nigeria.
The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Bala Maru, announced this at a news conference on Monday in Gusau.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Thursday inaugurated a 13-man committee on the establishment of RUGA settlement in Kano to curb farmers/herdsmen clashes.
The governor stated this after a closed meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State says that there is no plan to establish Ruga settlement in any part of the South East and South South of Nigeria.
The Presidency has frowned at recent unhelpful comments regarding the plan to stop roaming of cattle herders with the attendant clashes with farmers via the establishment of ‘Ruga Settlement’ across the country.