Alhaji Kiruwa Zuru, national chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, has declared support for the Federal x efforts to find a permanent solution to the recurring clashes between farmers and herdsmen. Zuru made the declaration in an interactive session with Journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. He was responding to the recent violence that occurred in some parts of the country that affected peaceful co-existence of residents in communities. He said the recent presidential directive for security agencies to deal with perpetrators of the violence was a positive development and laudable. Zuru asserted that it was alien for Fulani herdsmen to carry assault weapons in the country and called for the prosecution of those bearing arms. “The association has resolved to support any move that would bring permanent solution to the violence between communities and herdsmen. “In 1965, there were 485 grazing reserves out of which only 115 were functional; the remaining ones served as reserve forests. –
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