(INF) Ijaw Nation Forum Writes Questioning Letter To Gov. Henry Dickson Over Grazing Land Allocated To Heardsmen
YENAGOA—IJAW stakeholders, under the sponsorship of Ijaw Nation Forum, INF, an online collective enlistment platform for the Ijaw ethnic nationality, retain tackled Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State over the controversial allocation of a grazing land in Yenagoa measuring about 1,200 hectares, to herdsmen in the state.
In an exposed correspondence addressed to the governor, entitled, The threaten of the Cattle Herdsmen and Ijaw Peoples’ Security, the forum questioned the rationale behind the allocation of the grazing field to the herdsmen.
In the letter, by Benedict Okoro, INF moderator, the forum asked Dickson to “give reasons why Bayelsa maintain in the South-South borough seems to enjoy officially established grazing land for the cattle herders from outside the state.”
INF in addition asked the governor to clarify how the cattle would access the use of the allocated place without cursory through other areas.
“There comprise been more than a few intimidating stories imminent from the neighboring Delta and Edo States concerning the life and livelihood threatened activities of herdsmen recently in this States. Are there other measures Bayelsa State has adopted to foil such occurrences, sideways from the grazing territory before now allocated to the herdsmen?
“How did the Bayelsa State Government reach the conclusion that allocation of grazing land to herdsmen will be beneficial to an average Ijaw person and was consideration given to the atrocities being committed by these herdsmen elsewhere in the country, in reaching that conclusion?”, the group asked.
“Is the allocation of grazing land to the herdsmen another expansion of Bayelsa Business Initiative? Is the allocation of grazing land to herdsmen a public/private partnership project and what percentage is the state government providing in funding it? Kindly avail us of the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between government and the partner.
“Who are the cow owners and private partners and if so, are they paying for the grazing land? What are the social responsibility services that will be provided to the communities from which the land was acquired?”
In an exposed correspondence addressed to the governor, entitled, The threaten of the Cattle Herdsmen and Ijaw Peoples’ Security, the forum questioned the rationale behind the allocation of the grazing field to the herdsmen.
In the letter, by Benedict Okoro, INF moderator, the forum asked Dickson to “give reasons why Bayelsa maintain in the South-South borough seems to enjoy officially established grazing land for the cattle herders from outside the state.”
INF in addition asked the governor to clarify how the cattle would access the use of the allocated place without cursory through other areas.
“There comprise been more than a few intimidating stories imminent from the neighboring Delta and Edo States concerning the life and livelihood threatened activities of herdsmen recently in this States. Are there other measures Bayelsa State has adopted to foil such occurrences, sideways from the grazing territory before now allocated to the herdsmen?
“How did the Bayelsa State Government reach the conclusion that allocation of grazing land to herdsmen will be beneficial to an average Ijaw person and was consideration given to the atrocities being committed by these herdsmen elsewhere in the country, in reaching that conclusion?”, the group asked.
“Is the allocation of grazing land to the herdsmen another expansion of Bayelsa Business Initiative? Is the allocation of grazing land to herdsmen a public/private partnership project and what percentage is the state government providing in funding it? Kindly avail us of the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between government and the partner.
“Who are the cow owners and private partners and if so, are they paying for the grazing land? What are the social responsibility services that will be provided to the communities from which the land was acquired?”
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