By Moboluwade Tobiloba
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for his poor management of the nation’s security and his plans to Fulanise Nigeria.
The governor, who was a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, voiced his disappointment in the way the president has addressed critical matters in the country especially in terms of security.
Ortom, in reaction to the president’s open grazing policy, said though Buhari is not the first fulani president, it is clear that he wants to Fulanise Nigeria.
“Shagari was a Fulani President, Yar’ Adua was a Fulani President and they were the best in the history. But President Buhari is the worst President when it comes to issues of security and keeping his promises,” he said.
The governor acknowledged that president Buhari has achieved some level of development in other sectors but the prominent things that are of great concerns to Nigerians such as corruption and insecurity are yet to be addressed.
According to Ortom, the open grazing policy which allows herders to lead their herds to graze freely will only increase the clashes between farmers and herders thereby increasing insecurity.
His comments come days after President Muhammadu Buhari approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch”, 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, “to determine the levels of encroachment.”
Despite the fact that most states have agreed that ranching is the best solution to the Farmers/herders clash, the president has refused to change his stance on open grazing.
“If Mr President respects the law, the Land Use Act gives governors the power to preside over land administration on behalf of the people that they govern.
“So it is amazing and I am surprise to hear this coming from Mr President as if he doesn’t have an Attorney General, or Lawyers around him to advise him. I think Mr President was misquoted or he did it out of error. He should come out to apologise to Nigerians,” Ortom said.
