By Paul Effiong
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has called on farmers to embrace modern system of farming as a strategic measure to address farmers/farmers clashes across the country.
The speaker made the appeal yesterday while presenting his address during a stakeholders meeting organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Environment, held at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
The speaker commended stakeholders for attending the meeting, even as he disclosed that farmers/herders clashes in Nigeria has caused government huge economic loss.
The speaker was represented by Dickson Teke.
He also blamed governors for their inability to make laws that will support ranching in order to stop the old cattle-rearing system across Nigeria.
Earlier in his address, the speaker, who spoke of the negative impacts of climate change in the country, called for strategic measures from all and sundry to check and prevent climate change.
He emphasised the need to address climate change problems in Nigeria, noting that the global menace has led to desertification, famine among others.
He urged the country to adopt modern farming methods to address food insecurity.
The speaker equally called for a transition from nomadic system to ranching, citing the lack of political will and legislation as significant obstacles.
He urged states and the federal government to allocate resources and legislation to resolve the farmer-herder crisis.
Consequently, the speaker emphasized the readiness of President Bola Tinubu’s government to address all kinds of farmers-herders clashes in the country, maintaining that the creation of Livestock Ministry was among the first deliberate actions taken to curb the problem.
In his address, the Secretary to the Government of Federation, SGF, George Akume, who was represented by Bolaji Babatunde advised Nigerians to prepare for climate change challenges, maintaining that most of the problems are aggravated by human activities.
