Gombe orders monitoring of cattle motion to halt farmers-herders conflict

The directive is a part of efforts to guard farmlands from destruction, stop clashes between farmers and herders and guarantee a peaceable harvest season.

The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Alhaji Abdulkadir Mohammad, disclosed this whereas briefing journalists in Gombe.

Mohammad, who chairs the state committee on the prevention and settlement of farmers-herders conflicts, mentioned the measure was supposed to maintain progress made via engagements with conventional rulers and native authorities chairmen.

He additionally cautioned farmers towards burning crop residues after harvest and shifting agricultural produce at evening, including that offenders would face applicable sanctions.

Mohammad urged farmers and herders to chorus from taking the regulation into their palms and report suspicious actions to safety businesses or related authorities for well timed intervention.