South East zone of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders‘ Affiliation of Nigeria (MACBAN) has declared that it is going to be troublesome for its members to obey anti-grazing regulation within the zone with none various.
The deputy director-general of MACBAN, Gidago Siddiki, disclosed this when he spoke on the latest alleged assaults on members of the affiliation in components of the geo-political zone.
He famous that earlier than the invoice was handed into regulation, they made their place recognized that it could be troublesome for them to obey the regulation with out another.
Siddki stated they’ve been ready for the related authorities within the zone to offer options to open grazing to allow them proceed with their reputable enterprise, stating that no one has requested them to depart the Southeast.
He described MACBAN as a reputable pastoralist organisation engaged within the lawful tending of cattle throughout Nigeria.
He averred that they have been deeply involved concerning the violence perpetrated towards their members and their livestock within the Southeast, in addition to the unfounded blanket accusations leveled towards them in sure areas within the zone.
„ We urge authorities to analyze these incidents completely and convey the culprits to justice. Regrettably, we’ve persistently discovered ourselves focused by felony parts and on the identical time unfairly blamed for felony acts we’ve no involvement in.
„We enchantment to the federal government of the South East and the leaders of our host communities to acknowledge us as strategic stakeholders and chorus from unfounded attribution of wrongdoing to each herdsman on the market.
„We implore them to help us in occasions of want and instruct their safety forces to discern between real pastoralists and felony parts masquerading as such,” he stated.