The Benue Youth Alliance, a civil society organization, which made the call on Tuesday, appealed to Tor Tiv, Prof. James Ayatse, the Och-Idoma, HRM Elias Obekpa and the Omi-Ny’Igede as well as the three senators representing the state at the National Assembly to jointly stand with the state government on rejecting the veil plan.Governor Samuel Ortom had reiterated that Benue State had no land for grazing reserves, grazing routes, cattle colonies or ruga settlements.
“A few weeks ago, the Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture with his team in Benue State informed officials of the State Ministry of Agriculture that he had received directives from the Ministry’s headquarters Abuja to establish Ruga which means ‘Fulani settlement’ in parts of the State. Reacting, Iorliam Shija, the Coordinator of the Benue Youth Alliance said the proposal would not be accepted by the people.
Other states must reject the idea.
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