Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje has on Saturday, January 30th called for a ban to be placed on cattle movement by herdsmen from the Northern part of the country down to the Southern parts. 
Governor Ganduje made the called in light of the incessant herdsmen-farmers clashes, he said the fight between the two groups might continue unless such a strong decision is made.
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The Kano State Governor made his position known during an interview with Journalists on Saturday after a lunch meeting where governors who were elected on the All Progressives Congress APC platform met with President, Muhammadu Buhari, in his hometown Daura in Katsina State.
The governor’s suggestion came at a time there is heightened tension in some South-West states, especially Ondo and Oyo, over quit notices issued to herdsmen.
He said the ban would also stop the problem of cattle rustling.
“My advocacy is that we should abolish the transportation or trekking of herdsmen from the Northern part of Nigeria to the Middle Belt and to the Southern part of Nigeria.
“There should be a law that will ban, otherwise we cannot control the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers and cannot control the cattle rustling which is affecting us greatly,” the governor said.
Ganduje tasked the new service chiefs appointed last Tuesday to work with state governors in order to succeed.
He said the call became necessary because the governors know the security needs of the people and the various black spots in their states.
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