Niger State to curtail farmers-herders crises through Bobi Grazing project

The Niger State Government in North Central Nigeria, has expressed optimism of reducing the farmers-herders conflict when the Bobi Grazing reserve project in the state is fully completed.

The Multi Billion Naira Project designed for agricultural development in the state, will also discourage herders within the environment from unnecessary migration in search of livelihood according to Governor Abubakar Sank Bello of Niger State.

The Governor, mentioned this during a recent visit to the grazing reserve in Mariga/ Mashegu Local Government areas of the state.

Governor Sank Bello, who advised herders residing within the reserve against accepting strangers in the environment, promised to secure private and public investments in the Grazing Reserve from bandits and other criminal elements.

“The Government is committed and determined to do whatever it takes to ensure that investments here are secured both on the government and private sector, we have been talking to the herders not to allow strangers into their midst. They should not allow people they do not know to join them”.

The leader of the herdsmen community in the Bobi Grazing Reserve, Malam Ardo Abubakar who appreciated the commitment and gesture of the Niger State government on the multi Million Naira project, said it will conveniently accommodate the entire headers community in the area.

While explaining on the development of the project, The Consultant of the Grazing reserve, Alhaji Abbas Tafida, stated that the Grazing reserve as designed, will help herders within to have healthy cows that will give them more milk and meat and also enrich them while generating revenue for the state government.

“Bobi Grazing Reserve now has available pasture to sell to herders across the state and the country as the pasture available in the reserve can conveniently feed 9000 cows”.

“The amount being charged by the Reserve to feed a cow is N125 per day while a ram is N10 per day adding that this would enable the cows to produce 1000 liters worth of milk every day”, said Tafida