President Muhammadu Buhari has given the
reasons for ethnic and religious conflicts in
different parts of the country like Biafra
actualization, Boko Haram insurgency and others.
The president stated that that poverty, injustice
and the lack of job opportunities were largely
responsible for inter-communal and intra-
communal conflicts in Nigeria.
Buhari spoke while receiving a delegation from
the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, an
organization active in the promotion of peace in
Nigeria.
The leader of the nation said that to achieve
lasting peace in Nigeria, bigger effort must be
made to wipe out poverty and injustice.
The president defined the ethnic and religious
conflicts in parts of the country as obvious
manifestations of fundamental problems of
joblessness, injustice and poverty.
On conflicts between farmers and herdsmen,
Buhari stated that a plan to map out grazing
areas will soon be presented to the Nigerian
Governors Forum as a temporary solution to the
common conflicts until cattle owners are
convinced to accept other means of rearing their
cattle.
The leader of the country praised the Centre for
Humanitarian Dialogue for the comparative peace
that had returned to Plateau state as well as their
current activity in Southern Kaduna.
President Buhari agreed with the Centre that
dialogue was always desirable to the use of law
and order mechanisms and power in the
resolution of conflicts.
Boko Haram fighters just yesterday killed at least
15 people in a fresh attack on Adamawa state.
President Buhari in the beginning of 2015
announced that the insurgency has been
technically defeated. However, the attacks
continued.
The Fulani people are one of the largest ethno
linguistic groups in Africa, numbering
approximately 40 million people in total.
The spate of Biafra activities occurred in October
last year with the arrest of their leader Nnamdi
Kanu.
Source Naij.com
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