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Ruga Settlement Initiative: A Panacea For Conflict Between Herdsmen And Farmers In Nigeria
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The word Ruga means a settlement where herders are found, particularly
Fulani. The federal government of Nigeria has started to establish 'Ruga
Settlements' for herdsmen in 12 of the 36 states as a pilot scheme for a
nationwide programme designed to curb farmer-herder clashes.
Presidential
spokesman, Garba Shehu confirmed that 'Ruga Settlement', is part of the
federal government policy "to settle migrant pastoral families simply
means rural settlement in which animal farmers, not just cattle herders,
will be settled in an organized place with provision of necessary and
adequate basic amenities such as schools, hospitals, road networks, vet
clinics, markets and manufacturing entities that will process and add
value to meats and animal products."Ruga Settlement†that looks to
settle transient peaceful families essentially implies rustic settlement
in which creature ranchers, not simply dairy cattle herders, will be
settled in a sorted out. The announcement additionally featured that
Beneficiaries will incorporate all people in creature farming, not just
Fulani herders
To this end, the administration has gone to
considerable lengths to disclose to Nigerians and the overall
population, what the Buhari-drove organization looks to accomplish by
building up the settlement.
Different increases are work creation,
access to credit offices, security for peaceful families and shortening
of cows rustling.Stripped of the legislative issues and wailing that has
gone to the ongoing remarks, there is no administration intend to hold
onto state land, colonize an area or force Ruga on any piece of the
alliance. Government has made it obvious on numerous occasions that the
program is deliberate.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Nigeria in
the past recent time have witnessed a strong contention between the
Herdsmen and the Farmers. This strong heated contention have recorded a
significant loss of lives as the contention metamorphosis to bloodbath
between these two groups in the country. The public on this basis called
on the federal government of Nigeria to find a mutual landing spot for
both groups in other to put to halt the bloody situation which has seen
the country labelled as a wrong place for living and investment. This
strong outcry by the public necessitated the origin of RUGA as a
government sponsored initiative deliberately undertaken by the federal
government to douse the tension between parties and as such provide
lasting solution to the incessant killings between Herdsmen and Farmers.
It is therefore on the basis of this initiative that this study was
found credible to be undertaken in order to critically examine the RUGA
Settlement Initiative.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The primary
purpose of this study is to examine the solving power of RUGA in the
ongoing and previously encountered conflict between herdsmen and
Farmers. Specifically, we would focus on:
1. To determine the benefits of RUGA initiative implementation.
2. The challenges of RUGA implementation in Nigeria.
3. How to successfully implement RUGA in Nigeria.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The following research questions guided the findings of this study:
1. What are the visible benefits of RUGA implementation in Nigeria?
2. What are the challenges impeding the implementation of RUGA in Nigeria?
3. What is(are) the most effective method of implementing RUGA in Nigeria?
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
The study developed and formulated for testing, the below hypothesis:
H0: Implementation of RUGA initiative will not provide lasting solution to Farmers and Herdsmen crisis.
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