The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has warned State governors against adopting the Ruga settlement for herdsmen initially proposed by the federal government.
According to the Nigerian Tribune, the leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) said that Yorubas will not forgive governors that adopt Ruga settlement.
Gani Adams stated that the initiative is a dangerous policy which will drive the country into chaos and cause more damage.
He said: “Yoruba people had never wanted Ruga. It is unwarranted, needless and a dangerous policy. It is a policy that can break this nation, just as it has overheated the polity.
“The governor who does that would put himself in a problem. It would not even be a four-year or eight-year problem; it would be an everlasting problem. And given the tension this issue generated, the Yoruba, especially, won’t forgive such a governor for life.
“Do you know Yoruba? We haven’t forgiven those who betrayed us in the 60s. We haven’t forgiven those who betrayed Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the 60s. We haven’t forgiven those who betrayed us in the cause of June 12.”
Fulani Herdsmen
Gani Adams also slammed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for allegedly proposing N100 billion for Fulani herdsmen.
“From the beginning, you would see the way the Federal Government had been making steps. They wanted to give The Miyetti Allah N100 billion; the people rose against it and they stopped it,” he said.
“Now, the issue of giving them communities, spending billions of naira on those locations, making them modern communities is the least. Why?
“We have our farmers in Yorubaland. Even from the bogus budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, they were not giving loans as similar packages. They were discouraging our farmers and running their agricultural system in their area.
“Now, even concerning private initiative, many people want to be involved in agriculture; they want to spend their money, but are afraid that if they go to farm, they (kidnappers) would kidnap them. The way this thing is going, within a period of time, there would be shortage of food. There would be famine in Nigeria.”
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