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The Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament is seeking the approval of the house to embark on a fact-finding mission to three countries in the West African sub-region in a bid to find a solution\u00a0to the conflict between nomadic herdsmen and farmers.<\/p>\n

The Chairman of the Committee, Seth Akyeampong, said the initial research done by the Committee indicated that, the negative activities of nomadic herdsmen were widespread.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”VB8RA1uP9gQMXieLogWjbYE5zIWDLPGo”]Thus, there was the need to study how other countries had dealt with the challenge.<\/p>\n

Mr. Akyeampong said memos were already before the Majority Secretariat awaiting for approval for the fact-finding visits to the three countries, namely; Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Cote d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n

Delivering his report on the fallout from tensions between farmers and nomadic herdsmen referred to the Committee by the Speaker of Parliament, the Mpraeso MP said, if approved, an eight-man team would travel for the mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn consultation with leadership, it became evident that the Committee would have to step out of our boundaries and go to countries like Cote d\u2019Ivoire, which is equally going through a similar problem, Burkina Faso, who are equally going through the same problem and Nigeria, who are also going through the same problem,\u201d he said on the floor of Parliament.”<\/p>\n

“We will bring the full complement of our observations and findings from there to add up to the initial work we did with the sector minister,\u201d Mr. Akyeampong added.<\/p>\n

The causes of tensions between farmers and nomadic\u00a0herdsmen are seen to be essentially the same across the sub-region.<\/p>\n

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The disagreements are always over the use of farmland, grazing areas and water between herders and local farmers.<\/p>\n

The herders have consistently\u00a0clashed with farmers who accuse them of damaging their crops and failing to control their animals.<\/p>\n

But the casualties are significantly higher in Nigeria, where more than 1, 200 people were killed in 2014 by different groups of Fulani herders, according to the\u00a0Global Terrorism Index<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

A mass burial for over 70 people was held in Nigeria’s central Benue State in January 2018.<\/p>\n

Since the New Year,\u00a0 more than 100 deaths have been reported in Benue and Taraba states, according to reports in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Fighting has been particularly heavy in Benue state, where 80 people have been killed and 80,000 displaced.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Duke Mensah Opoku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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