Edo State Government has plan to allocate large parcel of land to grow grasses for commercial purpose in all the 18 local government areas in the state.
The State Governor, Godwin Obaseki gave the hint recently in a meeting with Arewa community in the state.
Obaseki said the development would provide the Fulani herdsmen in the state opportunity to visit the farm centres where they can graze their cattle for one or two months before sending them back to their place or dispose them.
According to him, a large parcel of land will be set aside for commercial purposes to grow grasses in every local government area so as to give opportunity to the Fulani herdsmen to visit those centres where they can graze their cattle for one or two months before sending them back to their places to dispose them.
The governor also announced the plan of his administration to set up a committee to go round the state to ascertain the true position of those communities that were vulnerable to herdsmen crisis with a view to finding a lasting solution to it.
He said the committee would be headed by Sahabi Aliu Umar, the President-General of Arewa Community in the state.
He also added that the president-general was appointed a Senior Special Assistant in the state because of his active participation in politics in his ward that culminated in his victory during the 2016 governorship election.
He however assured his administration readiness to address the spate of incessant killings in farmlands which most people attributed to the activities of Fulani herdsmen.
The governor, opined that those in the act of killing innocent farmers across the country are terrorists, hiding under the guise of Fulani herdsmen.
Earlier, Sahabi Umar, the Senior Special Assistant and leader of the delegation commended the governor for showing a sense of love by bringing them together to a break fast dinner during the Ramadan fast.
Umar who assured the governor of their collective support to help sustain peace in the state noted that they are an integral part of Edo State as some of them are known to have married from the state.
