Farmers Should Be Compensated For The Destruction — MURIC

The group said this in a statement issued by its director, Ishaq Akintola, on Friday noting that it had seen overwhelming evidences of farms being destroyed by the herders.Suggesting that the compensation may be paid by instalments, MURIC stressed that it should be paid to farmers whose farms were destroyed in all states of the federation.

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“MURIC is now in possession of indubitable evidence of the destruction of crops on farmlands by cows brought by herdsmen. We sent out feelers to all states where we have branches of MURIC and the reports are overwhelmingly convincing”, the statement began. “We asked our members to supply information on the activities of herdsmen in their states, including Abuja. In fact we were stupefied by the outcome. The most recent report from a young member of MURIC in Ogun State who ventured into agriculture reads: ‘Herders invaded my five hectares of rice farm three days ago (Sunday, 31st January, 2021) and it was totally destroyed.”

“The incident happened at the farm of Sanpro Foods, a rice production company whose premises is located at the Oyan farm settlement, Ibaro Rice Village, Ibaro in Abeokuta North Local Government, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The farm is along Igboora Road after the roundabout. The most heart-rending part of the report was towards the end where it added: ‘The most frustrating part is am not getting my investment back and I hate this feeling of ‘nothing can be done’. I don’t know what to do, perhaps I should organise a press conference”, he added.Photos Credit: Getty