Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule on
Friday, said the need to maintain peace in the state, especially among warring
cattle herders and farmers informed massive investment in the National
Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP.
He said he came to the realisation that the
constant tension between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Benue was also
constituting a crisis in his state, jeopardising peace, hence the development
of ranches in the state.
The programme is being implemented in Awe
Local Government Area of the State.
Governor Sule gave the explanations,
shortly after he had a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Recall that the Federal Government, as a
means of intervening in the farmers-herders crisis resulting in colossal losses
of human lives and properties, launched the National Livestock Transformation
Policy.
While controversies over the policy raged,
some states of the federation believed to be more affected by the crisis were
selected by the federal government in the pilot scheme.