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Osinbajo, Nine Governors to Resolve Herders, Farmers Conflict

Rasaq AbdulKareem/

The National Economic Council (NEC) has constituted a working committee of nine governors, with the Vice President as chairman, to resolve herders and farmers clashes.

This was one of the high points of the resolutions of NEC announced by Governors Dave Umahi of Ebonyi and Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano.

According to Ganduje, the committee has begun its meeting and consultations immediately.

He said, “On the farmers and herders clashes, the Council constituted a working group to collaborate with the federal government in addressing the issues of impunity regarding the killing and violence.

“The Committee is composed of nine governors, under the chairmanship of the Vice President and would work in accordance with the present commitment to ensuring that all perpetrators of violence are brought to book.

“The working group comprises governors of Zamfara, Kaduna, Adamawa, Benue, Taraba, Edo, Plateau, Ebonyi and Oyo States.

“The committee has started its meeting right after today’s National Economic Council.’’

The Kano State governor added that the Finance Minister Mrs Kemi Adeosun, informed NEC that 11 states had received the N700 million disbursed for budget support from the federal government.

He said that states with outstanding payment were asked to fulfill the necessary obligations before the disbursements were made, and that the criteria for disbursement was tied to the fiscal sustainable plan approved earlier by NEC.

According to him, the minister announced a balance of 2.32 billion dollars in the Excess Crude Account as at January 15, while the stabilization fund account had balance of N9.73 billion and the National Resource Development Fund had N115.01 billion.

 

 

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