A group known as the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has rebuffed the Federal Government’s plan to spend N179bn to set up ranches across the country for herdsmen in 10 years, starting with a N70bn budget under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
In a statement by the group’s spokesmen, Mr. Yinka Odumakin for Southwest; Senator Bassey Henshaw (South-South); Prof. Chigozie Ogbu (South East); and Dr. Isuwa Dogo (Middle Belt); they urged the government to drop the idea of committing public funds on ranches and allow the owners of the business to attend to their needs in the spirit of “I belong to everybody” mantra of the President.
The leaders warned that going ahead with the project would create the impression that the herders own the current administration and, such develop
