The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh,
told the participants of the Executive Intelligence Management
Course Twelve (EIMC12) and Institute for Security Studies, Usma Dam, Bwari, who
visited him in Abuja that the reconstruction of the grazing reserves had become
necessary due to farmers-herders conflicts.
A statement by Mr, Nakorji Mohammed, the Director of Information
at the ministry on Friday in Abuja quoted Ogbeh as saying that the reconstruction
was also crucial for the Federal Government to reduce the high unemployment rate
in the country.
“The grazing reserves will help in solving these problems.
“We are not going to any state that is not interested and we are not going to collect
anyone’s land,’’ the minister assured.
He called on individuals who had the interest and ability to build grazing reserve to
do so, adding that the government would support such individual.
Ogbeh called on members of the institute to address the security
challenges facing the West African region and Africa in general.
In his remarks, the Director of the institute, Alhaji A.S. Adeleke, who was
represented by the Deputy Director Studies, Dr. A.M.Wali, said the purpose of
the visit was to commend the country’s achievements in the agriculture sector.
Adeleke also applauded the ministry for its efforts toward curtailing the
agro-terrorism where people are hoarding farm inputs.