We Have No Land for Ranching, S’East Governors Tell FG
*Rule out joint security for region
The South East Governors Forum Thursday said that no state in the region will cede any land for ranching.
Chairman of the Forum, Dave Umahi, who disclosed during Channels TV interview said that contrary to what is contained in the National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP, the region has no land for ranching.
Umahi explained that this was because there is scarcity of land in all the states in the region for ranching.
He however said the region was not against free movement of animals into the zone as far as they don’t enter the zone by foot because of security issues.
Umahi also ruled out the possibility of forming joint regional security, like the South East Security Network, in the zone.
He said this was because the security issues in the region were peculiar and should be handled by each states.
According to him, . “Every state is peculiar and so is their security challenges. The problem is that those complaining about lack of joint security for South East are not living in the region. They don’t have the knowledge of how security works in the region.
“The governors of South East States are comfortable with the different security architectures at various states because the personnel are working very well. There is problem of insecurity in the region, but the issue is not peculiar to the region alone, it is a national problem
“We are happy with what our local security personnel are doing at different states. We are not God who assures 100% security but we are trying our best and this is what our people want.
“You can even imagine that we form the joint security network and put them in Enugu State for instance, if there is a problem at Ebonyi State which is about 200-300 kilometers away, and then you start mobilising to go to the place, or that we are contributing personnel and you deploy someone from Abia State to go to Enugu for instance, then why are we talking about state police? It is the same kind of arrangement.
” Our local security architectures at different states know the terrain and the people very well and are given the opportunity to secure their environment and the people. That is the kind of arrangement we have in the South East,”
The South East Governors Forum Thursday said that no state in the region will cede any land for ranching.
Chairman of the Forum, Dave Umahi, who disclosed during Channels TV interview said that contrary to what is contained in the National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP, the region has no land for ranching.
Umahi explained that this was because there is scarcity of land in all the states in the region for ranching.
He however said the region was not against free movement of animals into the zone as far as they don’t enter the zone by foot because of security issues.
Umahi also ruled out the possibility of forming joint regional security, like the South East Security Network, in the zone.
He said this was because the security issues in the region were peculiar and should be handled by each states.
According to him, . “Every state is peculiar and so is their security challenges. The problem is that those complaining about lack of joint security for South East are not living in the region. They don’t have the knowledge of how security works in the region.
“The governors of South East States are comfortable with the different security architectures at various states because the personnel are working very well. There is problem of insecurity in the region, but the issue is not peculiar to the region alone, it is a national problem
“We are happy with what our local security personnel are doing at different states. We are not God who assures 100% security but we are trying our best and this is what our people want.
“You can even imagine that we form the joint security network and put them in Enugu State for instance, if there is a problem at Ebonyi State which is about 200-300 kilometers away, and then you start mobilising to go to the place, or that we are contributing personnel and you deploy someone from Abia State to go to Enugu for instance, then why are we talking about state police? It is the same kind of arrangement.
” Our local security architectures at different states know the terrain and the people very well and are given the opportunity to secure their environment and the people. That is the kind of arrangement we have in the South East,”
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