Thursday, July 4, 2019

Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - The Gulf Between Nigeria's MuslimNorth and Largely Christian South : Debate on Plan by Muslim North Led FedGovt to Settle Fulani Herdsmen on Lands Across the Nation

Hi Everybody!

These are the most pertinent questions yet posed on these latest developments. Posed by Professor Falola's watchman, Crown Prince Professor Moses Ochonu, the dynamic, the zealous, the ever-diligent crown prince in Falola's earthly kingdom of historians and political scientists. But who is going to answer even the rhetorical questions which are meant to be answered? Who is sane enough and sufficiently or suitably qualified to answer them, without any of the usual bias, the ethnic-religious baggage, and past history which sometimes clouds or at least influences some of our partisan perceptions?

These questions provoke and promote the need for more serious inquiries into these matters and not some times off-the-cuff, reflex or ritual responses spontaneously dictated by predictable identity politics.

From me it's just another aside and even without taking sides, an aside it has to be when Nigerians are all fired up (as usual) engaged, enraged, learned, big grammar, maybe even Buckingham Palace English, the "my brain is bigger than yours "syndrome, denigratory, abusive, vituperative daggers drawn, much foaming at the mouth, ink and sometimes blood flowing from their pens, embroiled in this or in the other kinds of crisis, the critical perennial national issues such as corruption, the lootocracy, democracy, idiocy, crazy-demo, prosperity preachers of Christianism, endemic Islamophobia, the North-South, East-West, Christian-Muslim interface, the inevitable ethnic palavers and now this burning issue that just won't go away or stay where it belongs or should belong: The cattle issue, the famous Fulani Cattle, John Pepper Clark's Fulani Cattle and the source of everyone's beef, no one disputes their final destination.

This discussion has been raging for some time now, even before Biko Agozino's proposal, by itself by no means original – certainly not the first of its kind, started being roasted, toasted, bandied around, turned on its head, fumigated, modified, and now it seems we are all back to square one: The Ruga plan has now been finally laid to rest – although not necessarily forever, for we may be speaking too fast or too soon when "the wheels still in spin" and the plan may resurrect or be resurrected, there might even be a change of Government, by the people, for the people so that the horns may rear their beautiful heads once again and roam the land like free-range chicken, the perennial Naija stomachs satisfied, so that the owners of those stomach cemeteries continue to rub them in satisfaction as we used to do in Ghana after a satisfying meal and thanking God, mutter, "Mami!"

It's beef eating Nigeria and not Hindu India that we're talking about (the only holy cows that have ever existed in Nigeria were privileged humans, not related to any of the horned bovine species - keeping true to what in Nigerian parlance is usually meant by the expression "holy cows" in the socio-economic dimension, cows who may freely practice corruption with impunity, ironically because they are holy, untouchable, protected by some local higher power ranging from elected corrupt or corrupted politicians to ( as recent history has shown) the equally corrupt, corruptible and corrupted Judges sometimes sitting on the benches of the Naija judiciary.

Of both man and beast the territorial and constitutional reality is that every Nigerian human being is free to roam or to settle anywhere in Nigeria and to wail just as a true wailer wails (Rebel Music)

"Oh, why can't we roam this open country?
Tell me why can't we be what we wanna be?
We want to be free,,,,"





On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 10:28, Moses Ebe Ochonu <meochonu@gmail.com> wrote:
I had no idea that Jibo was one of the propagandists for the now suspended Ruga Fulani settlement scheme. Thanks for posting this, Toyin. Oh well, what is new--he's always been the chief propagandist for his Fulani kinsmen--killer herdsmen he considers victims and endangered, an alternate narrative removed from our terrestrial reality. 

They say they want to solve "herders-farmers" crisis but why the clear land grab on behalf of Fulani herders? Why is there nothing in the plan to resettle the hundreds of thousands of people in IDP camps in many Middle Belt states and communities destroyed by the killer herdsmen who have now forcefully taken over these communities and converted them to their own conquered Ruga? Why is there nothing in the plan for farmers and for keepers of other domesticated animals? If you're truly interested in solving the crisis, why is there nothing in the plan to disarm the heavily armed, roving Fulani militias who have left a trail of death and destruction and have already confiscated and cleansed vast swathes of land in the Middle Belt for their herding kinsmen? 

This disastrous administration consistently infantilizes Nigerians. First cattle colonies. It didn't fly. Then Ruga. Now it's rejected and suspended. Will they come to their senses and embrace the consensus on ranching or will they revise, rebrand, and resubmit their Ruga/cattle colonies?

And by the way, why not simply commandeer the vast, "empty" landmass in the Northwest and parts of the Northeast that Northerners are always bragging about, lands where the Fulani herdsmen have ancestral and natal roots, to implement Ruga, if you must have Ruga? With technology the state of Israel turned their deserts into fertile, cultivable land, so spare us the excuse that these regions are arid. Let the North put its money where its interests are and invest in modern land regeneration technology for their Ruga Fulani settlement scheme. There, they'll be among their kinsmen, with no tension or complaints of land grab.

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 1:36 AM OLAYINKA AGBETUYI <yagbetuyi@hotmail.com> wrote:
But we heard from the Kperogi analysis on this forum that not all Fulani pastoralists are Muslims.  Was he lying?   He listed at least 8 Fulani identities which are now being homogenized and lumped together in a knee- jerk reaction of fear.  If that claim is true how could there be a threat of emirates all over the country?

Could a specific event in the Kaduna hotbed be generalised for the country?

OAA



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How Fulani converted Ruga settlements in my community to emirate —Obasanjo's ex-aide

Published June 28, 2019
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Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja

A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Jonathan Asake, has said the new move to create Ruga settlements in some parts of the country is nothing but an attempt to 'Fulanise' the country.

Asake, who was a member of the seventh House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015, said this during an interview on Channels Television's Sunrise Daily on Friday.

He said the term 'Ruga' was a Fulani word and it was thus hypocritical of anyone to say when it is implemented across the nation, it would not be exclusive to Fulani.

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Asake, who is from southern Kaduna, said in 1987, the then government of Kaduna State approved Ruga settlements in the old Kachia Local Government Area which now comprises Zangon Kataf, Chikun, Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas.

He, however, said over time, the Fulani began to expand these settlements and today, some of them are being converted to Emirates.

Asake, who is a leader of the Middle Belt Forum, said, "I'm from Zangon Kataf Local Government Area in Kaduna State. We have what was established in 1987 as the Kachia grazing reserve in the then old Kachia LG which comprises Zangon Kataf, Chikun and Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas of today.

"That grazing reserve has been changed to Laduga. Laduga is actually a Fulani word and no indigene is there. The land has been taken over from the indigenes. And that place is now a big town, with big hospitals and roads.

"In fact, the last voter registration exercise there, two registration machines were put there. Today, they have a district head and they are asking for an emirate. It is just a model of what will happen tomorrow in this country when these settlements are established. You will have state constituencies in the state assembly established all over the country strictly for Fulani."

Asake said the Ruga initiative must be rejected because government's ultimate plan is to take over ancestral land from indigenous owners and give it to a particular people.

He hailed socio-cultural groups in the South, especially Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo for rejecting the idea

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On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 6:55 AM Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju <toyin.adepoju@gmail.com> wrote:
The poster of the Facebook update represents views likely to be encountered from the Muslim North, in my view, while most of the commentators represent views likely to come from the South.


There has been a sustained & largely uninformed campaign against pastoralism. In response, the government decided to initiate the Ruga Settlement programme to settle them. Now there is a new campaign to frustrate stop it. So what do they want?

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  • Mohammed Mohammed Haruna
    Mohammed Mohammed Haruna Heads you lose, Tails you lose. It seems Prof.
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  • Joe Attueyi
    Joe Attueyi Well if we are being honest with each other: The root problem is that the FG's emotional trust bank account with most (?) many (?) non Fulani citizens of Nigeria is basically empty. 

    There is absolutely no way they can sell this RUGA plan south of the    Niger. 

    Either they start replenishing that trust account ( which is not a short term thing) or find a solution that does not exacerbate already existing tensions. 

    That is why I suggest the FG clearing sambisa forest and building the infrastructure that will turn it into animal husbandry economic park. 

    That way you kill two birds with the same stone. Convert that forest into useful purposes while eliminating the unnecessary ethnicity altercations that may lead to internecine warfare among our people
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    Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
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  • Ibrahim Dan-Halilu
    Ibrahim Dan-Halilu Some people feel it's not the responsibility of the FG to do so. It's states that should resettle them since they are indigenous to some states. The FG approach seems to accommodate all pastoralists regardless of their nationality, which has the implication of harbouring citizens of other countries without proper documentation and no benefit to the FG since they will not pay taxes. Ideally, the Ruga Settlements should be backed by law enacted by the National Assembly rather than putting the cart before the horse. You cannot create a policy framework out of nothing.
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    • Sesugh Akume
      Sesugh Akume Ibrahim Dan-Halilu, thank you. You speak my mind. Below are some concerns I personally have which include these you've stated here. I didn't want to make mine long so said only a little, but you've said it all. 
      No proper documentation, porous borders, free movement including of arms. How is this going to be mitigated?
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    Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
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  • Sesugh Akume
    Sesugh Akume Let me speak for myself:

    In my ancestral home are IDPs from attacks by the herders. They can't go home because A, it's not safe up to now; B, there's no home to go to. They've been destroyed, homesteads, farmlands, etc. Others have been taken over by     grazing cattle. I'm of the opinion that these ones ought to be resettled, rehabilitated, and reintegrated first before talking about cattle settlements in their communities.
    I also know that there's ample land especially in the far northern Nigeria, I see vast tracks of land for kilometres with no human activity at all. I find it difficult to understand why the pilot projects has to start in my home. 
    I'm also of the opinion that cattle as any other business is private. If people want land for animal husbandry why is the FG allotting land and not they negotiating and getting it to run their businesses? Will this be done for me if I run into piggery too? Or I have to resort to violence then piggery can also be given special, exclusive attention?
    Recall the presidency statement that it's better for us to give up our land than to lose our lives. What precisely does this statement mean?
  • Jonathan Ishaku
    Jonathan Ishaku Prof. I thought a statement from the Fulani herdsmen through Miyetti Allah renouncing violence apologizing for the blooshef or generally showing remorse for the killings as a precondition would have smoothen the process. Unfortunately, Miyetti Allah still appears to exhibit a sense of entitlement which the government hasn't even publicly deprecated. In the circumstances, it appears the government is creating havens for armed adversaries within victim communities. Prof. you can't sincerely be surprised by the murmurings!
  • Eric C. Ona
    Eric C. Ona Livestock business is a lucrative business. The people in the business should buy lands and have ranches, just like farmers buy land to farm. Its not the government's role to impose something that would benefit a particular tribe at the expense of other tribes.
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  • Chigozie Paul Amadi
    Chigozie Paul Amadi You have enough land in the North. Use it instead of provoking poor farmers, raping and killing indigenous people.
  • Uka Ugwa
    Uka Ugwa It's crystal clear to me, now. Thiese cattle ranch/colony and Ruga nonsense are like the government of the day, in its sworn craze, proposing to build model markets (in the capacity of Alaba, Otu Nkwo, Ariria, Ladipo, Tejuosho and the many more) throughout Nigerian regions, beyond, through Niamey and up to Cassablanca, to accommodate and sustain the llivelihood of migrant Igbo merchants and their trades. With state fund? This is an unattainable conquest, especially in my terrain, the Caliphate must be told. Tame your herds and the herdsman to your stead, NOW!
  • Jide Ojo
    Jide Ojo So you think it is proper to use taxpayers money to build for people who probably have never paid any tax to the system? They are business men like everyone else. Tje government can support them by making a loan scheme available but to use state's resources for the benefit of few is notjing but corruption. Will ruga users pay rent to the government?
  • Abubakar Atiku Nuhu-Koko
    Abubakar Atiku Nuhu-Koko Miyetti Allah is an unknown phenomenon to the cattle pastoralists. Miyetti Allah is just like any one of those ubiquitous so-called elitist urban-based socio-cultural groups that go around with politicians in search of greener pastures from government treasuries period.
  • Nk Lee
    Nk Lee Nigerians underrated Buhari, fighting his way back for second tenure is to unleash the Islamic fury in him to subdue the entire Nigeria to Islamic religion.
  • Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
    Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju very interesting



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