Fulani Leaders Seek 30% Agric Budget, Protection Of 417 Grazing Reserves

Fulani leaders have called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to allocate at least 30 per cent of the agricultural budget to the Ministry of Livestock Development and establish pilot ranches across the six geopolitical zones.
The leaders, under the Confederation of Pastoralists, also demanded the protection of 417 grazing reserves nationwide as part of efforts to address challenges facing pastoralists and resolve persistent farmer-herder conflicts.
The General Secretary of the Kautal Pulaku Fulbe Association of Nigeria, Abdullahi Ardo, made the demands on behalf of the coalition during an international press conference in Abuja on Sunday.
They urged the federal gover...