The Federal Government is to establish cattle colonies to mitigate the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen nationwide. Ogbeh said the move was to end the culture of herdsmen moving about with their cattle. His words: “ We are planning a programme called cattle colonies, not ranches, where at least 5,000 hectares of land would be made available, adequate water and pasture would also be made available. We also want to stop cattle rearers from roaming around. The culture of cattle moving about will be stopped as they will be provided with water and adequate security by the rangers, as well as adequate pasture milk collection even security for rustlers to enable them live a normal life.

Source: The Guardian January 09, 2018 05:37 UTC