President Tinubu Laments How Herdsmen Render Doctors Useless, Video Emerges

• President Bola Tinubu has lamented that the aged-long practice of herding cows across the country has continued to render vet doctors useless
• In his address to Nigerians living in India, President Tinubu vowed that herding cows across the country would be stopped and that the country would go into entire ranching
• According to the president, it is a shame that for so long, the vets were not allowed to do their jobs and investments in the dairy to provide food for Nigerian children were blocked by herdsmen

New Delhi, India - President Bola Tinubu has revealed plans to stop nomads from herding cattle across the country, adding that the long-aged system has rendered many vet doctors useless.

While addressing Nigerians in India, the president vowed that his administration would end the activities and that the country would go into full ranching.

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President Tinubu speaks on a plan to stop herders' activities in Nigeria

In a video seen by Legit.ng, President Tinubu made the revelation at one of his line-up activities in India, where he had visited to attend the G-20 leaders' summit.

At the event, the president said:

"What is a shame. We have a lot of animals, and cows were not treated, and vets were not given an opportunity to do ranching and invest in ordinary dairy to provide food to our children. That is not how to plan; we are going to change that in this government."

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Many herdsmen have been accused of being the source of insecurity in some parts of the country, particularly the south and the north-central states.

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In Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau in the north-central region of Nigeria, herdsmen and farmers have consistently clashed over alleged encroachment on farmlands and farm produce without compensation.

The development had led to another crisis, such as tribal clash and kidnapping, in which many host communities have accused the pastoralists of being the masterminds.

A case study kidnapping and illegal killing of host community members by herders was the incident in Oyo state that led to the call for a Yoruba nation by the self-acclaimed human rights fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.

Video of President Tinubu speaks about herders in Nigeria:

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Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that his academic excellence took him from Deloitte to Exxon Mobil.

The president said Nigeria is blessed in knowledge and human resources, but the country only lacks leadership and management.

According to Tinubu, he was a brilliant student in his undergraduate, and this allowed him to join Deloitte and then move to Exxon Mobil at his request.

Source: Legit.ng