The
Northern Governor’s Forum, NGF, says it has resolved to work with relevant
stakeholders to secure Nigeria’s borders and register Fulani immigrants
entering into the country to rear cattle.
The Chairman of the
Forum, Kashim Shettima of Borno, disclosed this to journalists at the end of
the forum’s meeting in Kaduna, on Tuesday
According to him, the
governors observed that most of the herdsmen involved in issues of insecurity
are immigrants from Senegal and Mali.
“We also mapped out new
strategies that would be used by the local Fulani herdsmen to rear their cattle
without having to move across the country,” he said.
The Chairman emphasised
the need for every Nigerian to see security as his or her business, pointing
out that the nation would remain backward if there was no peace.
On the indigene/settler
dichotomy, the governor said that there was a push by the forum towards
national integration and cohesion so that every Nigerian could conveniently
settle in any part of the country without suffering any form of discrimination.
“Some of the past
governors of Kano State, like the late Sabo Bakin Zawo, from Niger, and Ibrahim
Shekarau, from Borno, were not indigenes technically, but were assimilated and
even attained the highest office in Kano,” he observed.
He acknowledged that
the country was experiencing lots of challenges, particularly in the northern
region, but expressed optimism that things would get better.
The
joint meeting, which had northern traditional council of emirs and chiefs in
attendance, discussed issues of insecurity, the management of common assets and
measures to move the region to greater heights.
-NAN
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