I HAVE A RANCH, MY CATTLE DONT ROAM - ARMY CHIEF GEN MUSA

 

The Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa, has addressed the ongoing problem of conflicts between farmers and herders in Nigeria.

General Musa said that he is a farmer who raises animals on a ranch and cultivates pastures for them.

He proposed that keeping animals contained on farms with lots of pasture would be a good way to resolve the dispute. He continued by saying that keeping animals in meadows will end conflicts between farmers and herders and benefit the herders financially.

In General Musa’s words: “I am a farmer; my animals are caged, I have them in a ranch, I have grassland I feed them. So if we have this issue of animals going into farms maybe because the animal route has been taken over, it is simple, build ranches.

"I was the first Executive Director of Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches, our animals are in ranches. We built pastures for them and they eat. In fact, It is when you keep them within pastures that you make more money”.