Jigawa gov. Commends Buhari on efforts to resolve herder-farmer crisis
By Modupe Shodeinde
Governor of Jigawa state, Muhammad Badaru, says President Muhammadu Buhari is doing his best to resolve the crisis involving farmers and herders in the country.
He commended the present administration’s efforts on security, noting that the bombings carried out by Boko Haram have reduced.
The governor, during a programme on Channels television, on Thursday, said the herder-farmer crisis has been brewing for many years, owing to the “neglect of past leaders”.
According to him, banditry and kidnapping did not start under the administration of Buhari but continued.
Badaru also expressed support of the stance of some governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) that Buhari is the best thing that has happened to Nigeria since Independence.
He said, “Certainly, I agree with the given circumstances we have now. I believe 100 percent. I know what I inherited. I know the trouble I got through. I know at one time, I even wanted to leave. Really, without the support of Buhari, we wouldn’t have raised our heads up as governors,” he said.
“If you remember, he bailed out all the states, gave 18-month support for us to pay salaries — all of the governors. He paid the Paris fund money for all to do infrastructure.”
