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Peace
By Auwalu Yusuf
Bunza (Kebbi), Nov. 17, 2016 (NAN) The Bunza Local Government council in Kebbi is collaboration with security agencies to promote and consolidate on the peaceful coexistence existing between farmers and cattle breeders.
The council’s Secretary, Alhaji Shehu Abubakar, made the disclosure on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bunza.
He said the area was known for peace especially between farmers and cattle breeders in spite of agricultural activities taking place in the area.
“We never experienced any clash between farmers and herdsmen in this area and we want to maintain this position,” he said.
Abubakar said the council in collaboration with the state government had established six nomadic schools, adding that academic programmes has since commenced in those schools.
He called on the nomads to enrol their children into the schools, stressing that education was the bedrock of development of the society.
Abubakar also commended the state government for giving priority to agriculture as a way of economic diversification and self sustainability.
He called on people of the area to use the opportunity by engaging in agriculture and other productive ventures to ensure food and job security.
NAN reports that Bunza is blessed with a vast fertile Fadama land suitable for production of rice and wheat. (NAN)
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Edited by Ekemini Ladejobi/Ismail Abdulaziz