Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle don yarn say im state go implement the Ruga settlement initiative to resettle herdsmen dem and boost economic activities.
The governor yarn the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajiamila wey visit the state.
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“I wish to inform the Honourable Speaker that the controversial issue of Ruga, which is being hotly debated across the vast spectrum of the federation, has been unanimously accepted in our state.
“Since time immemorial, the communities of farmers and herders in the state have been living side by side, reinforcing each other, even though there were cases of skirmishes from time to time, they did not take the ugly dimension they have taken in our contemporary times.
“We are confident that Ruga Programme which will transform the nomads to sedentary life will significantly address the farmer/herder crisis in the state,”
Arrangements had been put in place to set up the Ruga settlement on a 100-hectare land in each of the three senatorial districts of the state.
The government would provide schools, hospitals and veterinary clinics as well as earth dams in the new settlements”.
