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Zamfara herdsman reveals that Cattle rearing business has declined due to banditry
A Fulani herdsman in Zamfara State, Aminu Usman has appealed to Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle to as a matter of urgency return the glory of cattle rearing in the state.
In an exclusive interview with DAILY POST in Gusau, Usman said cattle rearing had contributed significantly to the economic growth of the northern part of Nigeria.
Usman explained that in recent times, the cattle rearing business has declined due to banditry activities ravaging the entire region and has become so terrible and risky forcing Fulani cattle rearers to abandon their procession.
” It is not news that cattle rearing is the habitual occupation of the Fulani people who move their livestock from one place to the other for grazing”, he added.
He said Zamfara State is one of the states in the North seriously affected, pointing out that the Fulani cattle rearers no longer protect their lives and livestock from danger.
Usman expressed worry that most of the Fulani cattle rearers have been dispossessed of their cattle through rustling, saying that most of them have lost their lives, a situation that totally crippled the business, making meat to be expensive for the common masses to purchase.
“Because of the security challenges facing the north, cattle rearing in the region can no longer thrive as before, because something went wrong
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