Controversial Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has applauded the decision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to set up Livestock Ministry.
The cleric bared his mind on Monday when a former Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung paid him a visit in his Kaduna home, stating that the ministry could address the security problems facing the country, arising from herders, farmers clashes.
Gumi, a major sympathizer of bandits and Fulani herdsmen have called for their pardon by the federal government.
Security experts insist that herdsmen and bandits are predominantly of the Fulani stockm and are currently responsible for the killings and banditry across the country, particularly in the northern part of the country where their criminal activities have become very notorious.
On Monday, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state raised an alarm that bandits are relocating from the country’s north west, and are now setting up camps in the state.
Describing the Livestock Ministry as a good initiative by the Tinubu administration, he said Fulani herdsmen could lay down their arms once they realised that their interests are being served.
He said the ‘psychology’ of the Fulani herders is that the society is against them, they push back by attacking those they consider their enemies including their Fulani brethren.
According to him, once the Fulanis realised that the government is serious about their development, they may stop attacking communities, a situation that could enhance security across the country.
He said, “The psychology of the herders is that all people living in the city are their enemies, including their fellow Fulanis, who suffer more of their cruelty when kidnapped.
“Because the Fulanis are marginalised in the share of infrastructure, under the livestock ministry, if they can see physical developments on the ground and the government is assisting them, I am assuming that they will lay down their arms.”
President Tinubu had last July announced the creation of the Ministry of Livestock Development, and later went ahead to appoint Idi Mukhtar Maiha as the Minister to oversee the ministry.
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