By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN) and the Southwest Farmers on Friday, signed memorandum of understanding on peaceful coexistence.
After signing the peace MoU at a day summit in Ibadan, Coordinator of Southwest Commodities Farmers Organization, Mr Olusegun Dasaolu said the summit was aimed at finding lasting solution to some challenges confronting farmers in South-West states.
He pointed out that the memorandum of understanding symbolizes an agreement between the herders and Southwest farmers to work in unity to improve food production and sustainability within the Southwest region and by extension Nigeria.
” What the memorandum of understanding with cattle breeders translates to is that the farmers in the Southwest and the herders have agreed to work together for the unity of farmers and the progress of Agriculture so that conflicts will be resolved amicably amongst the stakeholders”, he said.
The Coordinator added, ” And from this moment on, the first step we are going to take is to identify the genuine herders in Southwest and who are the genuine farmers and we have agreed to connect better”
“ This is going to go a long way in solving food crisis in the sense that farmers will now feel secured to go back to their farms and so Agricultural production will increase and this is going to assist greatly in the renewed hope of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu”
Speaking, National Chairman of Miyyeti Allah, Othman Ngelzarma disclosed that the signing of the MoU serves as an opportunity to chart a way forward on ensuring the security both Farmers and herders in the South West.
The Miyetti Allah National Chairman noted that farmers and herders in the Southwest are now united as brothers and must collaborate effectively to identify and address any problematic elements within the pastoralist community in the region.
In his remarks, the Southwest Director of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Abimbola Akeredolu, called for the continued deployment of technological solutions in agriculture to support farmers and enhance food production.
