Sani Wilson Enemona

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has called for the enactment of a law that will stop the movement of herdsmen from the Northern part of the country to other parts.

Ganduje mentioned that until this was done, the incessant herdsman-farmers clash might not seize.

The Governor made this  known in an interview with newsmen on Saturday after a lunch that state governors elected on the platform of the ruling Alł Progressives Congress (APC) had with the President, Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.

Ganduje’s suggestion was sequel to heightened tension in some South-West states, especially Ondo and Oyo, over the quit notices issued to herdsmen.

He explained that the ban would also stop the problem of cattle rustling.

“My advocacy is that we should abolish the transportation or trekking of herdsmen from the Northern part of Nigeria to the Middle Belt and to the Southern part of Nigeria.

“There should be a law that will ban, otherwise we cannot control the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers and cannot control the cattle rustling which is affecting us greatly,” the governor said.

Ganduje charged the new service chiefs to work with state governors in order to succeed in their call to serve.

He stressed that the call became necessary because the governors know the security needs of the people and the various black spots in their states.

The Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, on his part asked the new service chiefs to work very hard to live up to expectations.

“I will ask them to work hard; harder than what Mr. President might have assumed they would do because the task ahead is very challenging and I believe they will live up to expectations,” he said.

The Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru, also asked the new service chiefs to work on intelligence gathering.

Badaru called for prayers, noting that the country needs prayers.

“I think they have to listen to people in the transfer of intelligence and continue to ask people to pray for them,” he said.