{"id":206320,"date":"2016-04-13T08:30:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T08:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=206320"},"modified":"2016-04-13T08:30:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T08:30:24","slug":"weve-evicted-over-4000-cattle-from-agogo-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/04\/weve-evicted-over-4000-cattle-from-agogo-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve evicted over 4,000 cattle from Agogo &#8211; Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ashanti Regional Minister, John Alexander Akon,\u00a0has revealed that so far over 4,000 cattle belonging to nomadic Fulani herdsmen, have been moved from Agogo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the cattle were moved in the last couple of months following government&#8217;s effort\u00a0to resolve the impasse between residents of Agogo and Fulani herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;PUJ3Z2ZNNZj18J4MbxjsCr5falF9dBqJ&#8221;]\u201cThere has been considerable improvement; anybody who has followed will know that there has been movement of cattle, it&#8217;s getting to the range of 4,000. Last month there was about 1,000 going who are moving gradually and there is an improvement in the situation. I wouldn\u2019t say we have succeeded in all because we are dealing with animals but a lot has\u00a0been done,\u201d the Minister said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Residents in Agogo have over the years accused the Fulani herdsmen of destroying their farms and abusing them physically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They have\u00a0thus\u00a0unleashed a series of pressure on government to have the herdsmen and their cattle moved from the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A joint security personnel made up of military and Police were dispatched to the area few months ago to oversee the situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The residents led by the queen mother and Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Kojo Baah Agyeman on Tuesday <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2016\/04\/12\/agogo-queen-mother-leads-anti-fulani-demo-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">demonstrated<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to ensure that government fast-tracks the eviction process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the Ashanti Regional Minister says he has invited the youth and other stakeholders of Agogo for a meeting to discuss and firm up decisions on the nomadic Fulani herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Akon in an interview said he will use the meeting to explain the eviction processes to leaders of the town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat I\u2019ve done is that, I\u2019ve spoken with the Member of Parliament, Kojo Baah Agyeman to get the leadership of the Agogo youth to come around so that we can all operate at the same level in order\u00a0that we can understand ourselves so that the next move will be appreciated. But we have still maintained a standing military and police presence to patrol\u00a0the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ashanti Regional Minister, John Alexander Akon,\u00a0has revealed that so far over 4,000 cattle belonging to nomadic Fulani herdsmen, have been moved from Agogo. He said the cattle were moved in the last couple of months following government&#8217;s effort\u00a0to resolve the impasse between residents of Agogo and Fulani herdsmen. 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