President Bola Tinubu on Thursday resurrected the Ruga settlement controversy – which many had thought died with the exit of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari – when he announced during the submission of a report from the National Conference on Livestock Reforms and Mitigation of Associated Conflicts in Nigeria, that his government would acquire lands for the settlement of Fulani herdsmen.
The pilot programme, it was gathered, will involve the construction of 1,000 housing units for the herders in seven states, one being Benue, one of the epicenters of herders crisis.
