There has been a sustained & largely uninformed campaign against pastoralism. In response, the government decided to initiate the Ruga Settlement programme to settle them. Now there is a new campaign to frustrate stop it. So what do they want?
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja
A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Jonathan Asake, has said the new move to create Ruga settlements in some parts of the country is nothing but an attempt to ‘Fulanise’ the country.
Asake, who was a member of the seventh House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015, said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday.
He said the term ‘Ruga’ was a Fulani word and it was thus hypocritical of anyone to say when it is implemented across the nation, it would not be exclusive to Fulani.
Asake, who is from southern Kaduna, said in 1987, the then government of Kaduna State approved Ruga settlements in the old Kachia Local Government Area which now comprises Zangon Kataf, Chikun, Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas.
He, however, said over time, the Fulani began to expand these settlements and today, some of them are being converted to Emirates.
Asake, who is a leader of the Middle Belt Forum, said, “I’m from Zangon Kataf Local Government Area in Kaduna State. We have what was established in 1987 as the Kachia grazing reserve in the then old Kachia LG which comprises Zangon Kataf, Chikun and Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas of today.
“That grazing reserve has been changed to Laduga. Laduga is actually a Fulani word and no indigene is there. The land has been taken over from the indigenes. And that place is now a big town, with big hospitals and roads.
“In fact, the last voter registration exercise there, two registration machines were put there. Today, they have a district head and they are asking for an emirate. It is just a model of what will happen tomorrow in this country when these settlements are established. You will have state constituencies in the state assembly established all over the country strictly for Fulani.”
Asake said the Ruga initiative must be rejected because government’s ultimate plan is to take over ancestral land from indigenous owners and give it to a particular people.
He hailed socio-cultural groups in the South, especially Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo for rejecting the idea
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A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Jonathan Asake, has said the new move to create Ruga settlements in some parts of the country is nothing but an attempt to ‘Fulanise’ the country.
Asake, who was a member of the seventh House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015, said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday.
He said the term ‘Ruga’ was a Fulani word and it was thus hypocritical of anyone to say when it is implemented across the nation, it would not be exclusive to Fulani.
Asake, who is from southern Kaduna, said in 1987, the then government of Kaduna State approved Ruga settlements in the old Kachia Local Government Area which now comprises Zangon Kataf, Chikun, Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas.
He, however, said over time, the Fulani began to expand these settlements and today, some of them are being converted to Emirates.
Asake, who is a leader of the Middle Belt Forum, said, “I’m from Zangon Kataf Local Government Area in Kaduna State. We have what was established in 1987 as the Kachia grazing reserve in the then old Kachia LG which comprises Zangon Kataf, Chikun and Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas of today.
“That grazing reserve has been changed to Laduga. Laduga is actually a Fulani word and no indigene is there. The land has been taken over from the indigenes. And that place is now a big town, with big hospitals and roads.
“In fact, the last voter registration exercise there, two registration machines were put there. Today, they have a district head and they are asking for an emirate. It is just a model of what will happen tomorrow in this country when these settlements are established. You will have state constituencies in the state assembly established all over the country strictly for Fulani.”
Asake said the Ruga initiative must be rejected because government’s ultimate plan is to take over ancestral land from indigenous owners and give it to a particular people.
He hailed socio-cultural groups in the South, especially Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo for rejecting the idea
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Hi Everybody!
These are the most pertinent questions yet posed on these latest developments. Posed by Professor Falola’s watchman, Crown Prince Professor Moses Ochonu, the dynamic, the zealous, the ever-diligent crown prince in Falola’s earthly kingdom of historians and political scientists. But who is going to answer even the rhetorical questions which are meant to be answered? Who is sane enough and sufficiently or suitably qualified to answer them, without any of the usual bias, the ethnic-religious baggage, and past history which sometimes clouds or at least influences some of our partisan perceptions?
These questions provoke and promote the need for more serious inquiries into these matters and not some times off-the-cuff, reflex or ritual responses spontaneously dictated by predictable identity politics.
From me it’s just another aside and even without taking sides, an aside it has to be when Nigerians are all fired up (as usual) engaged, enraged, learned, big grammar, maybe even Buckingham Palace English, the “my brain is bigger than yours “syndrome, denigratory, abusive, vituperative daggers drawn, much foaming at the mouth, ink and sometimes blood flowing from their pens, embroiled in this or in the other kinds of crisis, the critical perennial national issues such as corruption, the lootocracy, democracy, idiocy, crazy-demo, prosperity preachers of Christianism, endemic Islamophobia, the North-South, East-West, Christian-Muslim interface, the inevitable ethnic palavers and now this burning issue that just won’t go away or stay where it belongs or should belong: The cattle issue, the famous Fulani Cattle, John Pepper Clark’s Fulani Cattle and the source of everyone’s beef, no one disputes their final destination.
This discussion has been raging for some time now, even before Biko Agozino’s proposal, by itself by no means original – certainly not the first of its kind, started being roasted, toasted, bandied around, turned on its head, fumigated, modified, and now it seems we are all back to square one: The Ruga plan has now been finally laid to rest – although not necessarily forever, for we may be speaking too fast or too soon when “the wheels still in spin“ and the plan may resurrect or be resurrected, there might even be a change of Government, by the people, for the people so that the horns may rear their beautiful heads once again and roam the land like free-range chicken, the perennial Naija stomachs satisfied, so that the owners of those stomach cemeteries continue to rub them in satisfaction as we used to do in Ghana after a satisfying meal and thanking God, mutter, “Mami!”
It’s beef eating Nigeria and not Hindu India that we’re talking about (the only holy cows that have ever existed in Nigeria were privileged humans, not related to any of the horned bovine species - keeping true to what in Nigerian parlance is usually meant by the expression “holy cows” in the socio-economic dimension, cows who may freely practice corruption with impunity, ironically because they are holy, untouchable, protected by some local higher power ranging from elected corrupt or corrupted politicians to ( as recent history has shown) the equally corrupt, corruptible and corrupted Judges sometimes sitting on the benches of the Naija judiciary.
Of both man and beast the territorial and constitutional reality is that every Nigerian human being is free to roam or to settle anywhere in Nigeria and to wail just as a true wailer wails (Rebel Music)
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Hi Everybody!
These are the most pertinent questions yet posed on these latest developments. Posed by Professor Falola’s watchman, Crown Prince Professor Moses Ochonu, the dynamic, the zealous, the ever-diligent crown prince in Falola’s earthly kingdom of historians and political scientists. But who is going to answer even the rhetorical questions which are meant to be answered? Who is sane enough and sufficiently or suitably qualified to answer them, without any of the usual bias, the ethnic-religious baggage, and past history which sometimes clouds or at least influences some of our partisan perceptions?
These questions provoke and promote the need for more serious inquiries into these matters and not some times off-the-cuff, reflex or ritual responses spontaneously dictated by predictable identity politics.
From me it’s just another aside and even without taking sides, an aside it has to be when Nigerians are all fired up (as usual) engaged, enraged, learned, big grammar, maybe even Buckingham Palace English, the “my brain is bigger than yours “syndrome, denigratory, abusive, vituperative daggers drawn, much foaming at the mouth, ink and sometimes blood flowing from their pens, embroiled in this or in the other kinds of crisis, the critical perennial national issues such as corruption, the lootocracy, democracy, idiocy, crazy-demo, prosperity preachers of Christianism, endemic Islamophobia, the North-South, East-West, Christian-Muslim interface, the inevitable ethnic palavers and now this burning issue that just won’t go away or stay where it belongs or should belong: The cattle issue, the famous Fulani Cattle, John Pepper Clark’s Fulani Cattle and the source of everyone’s beef, no one disputes their final destination.
This discussion has been raging for some time now, even before Biko Agozino’s proposal, by itself by no means original – certainly not the first of its kind, started being roasted, toasted, bandied around, turned on its head, fumigated, modified, and now it seems we are all back to square one: The Ruga plan has now been finally laid to rest – although not necessarily forever, for we may be speaking too fast or too soon when “the wheels still in spin“ and the plan may resurrect or be resurrected, there might even be a change of Government, by the people, for the people so that the horns may rear their beautiful heads once again and roam the land like free-range chicken, the perennial Naija stomachs satisfied, so that the owners of those stomach cemeteries continue to rub them in satisfaction as we used to do in Ghana after a satisfying meal and thanking God, mutter, “Mami!”
It’s beef eating Nigeria and not Hindu India that we’re talking about (the only holy cows that have ever existed in Nigeria were privileged humans, not related to any of the horned bovine species - keeping true to what in Nigerian parlance is usually meant by the expression “holy cows” in the socio-economic dimension, cows who may freely practice corruption with impunity, ironically because they are holy, untouchable, protected by some local higher power ranging from elected corrupt or corrupted politicians to ( as recent history has shown) the equally corrupt, corruptible and corrupted Judges sometimes sitting on the benches of the Naija judiciary.
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Moses:
It is far more complicated, I think. Ranching is not being interpreted as taking care of cattle, but as a device for ethnic colonization and land grab. Writing from Ibadan, the way people speak is that if established, they will eventually be converted to autonomous local government.
I still think that the win-win solution is for cattle feeds to be produced in the South and transported by rail to the North. This way, everyone will benefit—land owners will have access to money; and pastoralists will have access to grass. Shortage of underground water will later create problems as there is a trade-off for all policies.
Meanwhile, the federal government must work harder to change the narratives and orientation, become transparent, and ensure security.
TF
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How Fulani converted Ruga settlements in my community to emirate —Obasanjo’s ex-aide
Published June 28, 2019
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja
A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Jonathan Asake, has said the new move to create Ruga settlements in some parts of the country is nothing but an attempt to ‘Fulanise’ the country.
Asake, who was a member of the seventh House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015, said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday.
He said the term ‘Ruga’ was a Fulani word and it was thus hypocritical of anyone to say when it is implemented across the nation, it would not be exclusive to Fulani.
Asake, who is from southern Kaduna, said in 1987, the then government of Kaduna State approved Ruga settlements in the old Kachia Local Government Area which now comprises Zangon Kataf, Chikun, Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas.
He, however, said over time, the Fulani began to expand these settlements and today, some of them are being converted to Emirates.
Asake, who is a leader of the Middle Belt Forum, said, “I’m from Zangon Kataf Local Government Area in Kaduna State. We have what was established in 1987 as the Kachia grazing reserve in the then old Kachia LG which comprises Zangon Kataf, Chikun and Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas of today.
“That grazing reserve has been changed to Laduga. Laduga is actually a Fulani word and no indigene is there. The land has been taken over from the indigenes. And that place is now a big town, with big hospitals and roads.
“In fact, the last voter registration exercise there, two registration machines were put there. Today, they have a district head and they are asking for an emirate. It is just a model of what will happen tomorrow in this country when these settlements are established. You will have state constituencies in the state assembly established all over the country strictly for Fulani.”
Asake said the Ruga initiative must be rejected because government’s ultimate plan is to take over ancestral land from indigenous owners and give it to a particular people.
He hailed socio-cultural groups in the South, especially Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo for rejecting the idea
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The poster of the Facebook update represents views likely to be encountered from the Muslim North, in my view, while most of the commentators represent views likely to come from the South.
There has been a sustained & largely uninformed campaign against pastoralism. In response, the government decided to initiate the Ruga Settlement programme to settle them. Now there is a new campaign to frustrate stop it. So what do they want?
Mohammed Mohammed Haruna Heads you lose, Tails you lose. It seems Prof.
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Joe Attueyi Well if we are being honest with each other: The root problem is that the FG’s emotional trust bank account with most (?) many (?) non Fulani citizens of Nigeria is basically empty.
There is absolutely no way they can sell this RUGA plan south of theNiger.
Either they start replenishing that trust account ( which is not a short term thing) or find a solution that does not exacerbate already existing tensions.
That is why I suggest the FG clearing sambisa forest and building the infrastructure that will turn it into animal husbandry economic park.
That way you kill two birds with the same stone. Convert that forest into useful purposes while eliminating the unnecessary ethnicity altercations that may lead to internecine warfare among our peopleHide or report this
Jibrin Ibrahim Please note that it is a voluntary programme restricted to the six states that have said they want it.
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Joe Attueyi Jibrin Ibrahim
So why is it in Benue who have vehemently rejected it?Hide or report this
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From Charles Ogbu's Facebook wall. The Ruga "suspension" directive raises even more suspicion and question. Clearly, they want to implement cattle colonies or Ruga by all means necessary and will repackage and try to implement it under the different guise as the directive clearly states. They are unaware or do not care that, as Oga Falola reports, the national attitude outside the North is hardening not only against Ruga but also against the previous compromise of ranching. They're underestimating the volatility of this issue.
As I stated in my previous post on this:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157642793304255&id=608949254
We must not fall for the so called suspension of the Ruga program. That is a typical case of Taqyya (Subterfuge) which is permissible in Islam. Buhari and his handlers have no intention of giving up on Ruga. They will certainly be back because their target is Southern land, if not, they wouldn't have cancelled a program they claimed is VOLUNTARY simply because Southern States rejected it. They would have gone ahead with the 12 Northern States they claimed already accepted it.
Now more than ever, we need to remain even more vigilant than we have ever been. Do Not Trust Your Governors To Resist Them because they can't and even if they can, they won't for obvious reasons.
Eternal vigilance remains our only means of resisting these Barbarians.
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And, by the way, I forgot to add that telling me that Jibo is a Christian is a bit presumptuous on your part. What makes you think I didn't know this. Jibo and I have been friends on Facebook for more than six years. You think that I have not seen his family photos, events, and timelines to know that he is a Christian, even if a non-practicing one? Even if we were not friends on Facebook, don't we have mutual friends? And lastly, you may not even be aware that Jibo and I have met physically, spending about four days together in Calabar at the scholar's retreat organized by Tony Elumelu's foundation. I study Northern Nigeria. I am from Lugardian Northern Nigeria. I grew up and went to school in Borno, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Kano. I should know that there are many Hausa and Fulani Christians in every part of the North. My brother married a woman from Kebbi State whose family is comprised of both Christians and Muslims. I know many of Hausa and Fulani Muslims personally as well as non-Hausa and non-Fulani Christians from the North's Muslim-majority states. How can Northern Nigerianist not know about Wusasa? And in terms of the Kano-Jigawa axis, is that not what Shobana Shankar's book is about? I had Hausa Christian friends in BUK. Your presuming that I thought of Jibo as a Muslim reflects your own ignorance of my epistemological repertoire on Northern Nigeria. It is patronizing and presumptuous.
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Yinka,Please read what I have been writing on this list and what others before me have been saying: the North is the not the South. Ethnicity has little or no political purchase in the North. The primary, consequential idiom of political identity is religion.And it is not true that Hausa people in the north do not oppose Buhari. If your assertion is right then why did Buhari and his people have to rig the 2019 election in many Hausa-dominated states of the Northwest?And, as I stated in my earlier post, the distinction between the Hausa and Fulani was not sharp and was muted until the Fulani banditry and kidnapping in Zamfara, Katsina, and other states brought it to the open. This is a recent phenomenon, and I've been saying that it is one of the most profound, if largely ignored, legacies of the Fulani ethnic preponderance in kidnapping and banditry.And your comment on Hausa not allowing Northern minorities to rule Nigeria is ignorant. It is also the usual majoritarian, imperialist, supremacist posturing of the big three ethnic groups. Who told you that the Hausa allowed Northern minorities to rule? What the heck does that even mean? Are you talking about the military era when leaders were not elected? I don't know of any Northern minorities that have have been elected to "rule" Nigeria in the "democratic" era.At any rate, your post left me very confused. I am not even sure I fully understand your drift. Are you suggesting that Northern minorities are the problem of Nigeria and that Hausas are their imperial lords who should keep them in check for the sake of Nigeria's stability? If that is your point, then I'd like to thank you for exposing yourself as a hater of Northern minorities, and a closetted supporter of ethnic cleansing and ethnic political exclusion. What exactly is your problem with Northern minorities? Are you so enamored with Buhari that you hate whoever does not support him?You alluded to Kajuru. Has the Ruga in Kajuru not earned the Fulani an emirate, thanks to Nasir el-Rufai? Do you know about an emirate called Wase in Plateau state. Do you know how it started? There are are examples of Rugas or Fulani settlements in precolonial and colonial Northern Nigeria that have morphed, rather forcefully, into emirates with backing from the powerful Northern Hausa-Fulani establishment. Is that not one of the reasons that people in both the Middle Belt and the South are suspicious of the Ruga idea?Anyway, You left me scratching my head with your post.
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Cornelius Ignoramus has been trying to unravel what is meant what we must otherwise only take literally as another Kperogian hyperbole and nothing more scientific than that when he says of Professor Jibrin ibrahim’s looks:
“Because of his name, a lot of people mistake Jibrin "Jibo" Ibrahim for a "Hausa-Fulani Muslim." He is not. He is a Hausa Christian from Kano. Nothing in his physical features, for those of us who know him, suggests the presence of even the remotest tincture of Fulani blood in him”
Well, some of us know all about Lombroso and in this case, in which I harbour no ill-will, it’s possible that the DNA reveals what the outer skin and the physiognomy conceals, and I’m saying this with reference to what Farooq Kperogi says the DNA test he took consequentially reveals about his own ancestry
I know for a fact that there is a high rate of divorce among the Hausa. I read a few studies on this, but that’s beside the point. One would expect that with so much inter-marriage over the recent centuries people including the Hausa and Fulani who come fro the same genetic pool that’s geographically Northern Nigeria’s would share similar physical features. ( West African sepia?) The Berbers are said to range in hue from Blue Black skins to the blue-eyed & blondes….My younger brother Ola, (same mother and father) says that every time he arrives at Lungi Airport, the passport control hustlers always on the lookout for a quick buck, identify him as Fulani and enquire from him when is he going to return to the Futa Jallon in Guinea Conakry, where he rightly belongs?
Before the learned professor starts get ting carried away, Let me assure him that I’m only here to learn and to grab some wisdom wherever it’s available.
I suppose that there may be some truth to this “The Secret to eternal happiness”
Wisdom comes in many shapes and forms: Sadhguru on fools (and ignoramuses)
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Sabr!
As we say in Sierra Leone, “rest assured “that in any altercation between you and any upstart, I will always be on your side, to lend some moral support.
A complementary to Don Kperogi’s not so mystifying “The Far North” could be “Down South” or “The Deep South”, without confusing the unaware that the later does not necessarily refer to a William Faulkner category. If he were to start referring to e.g. one of the lost tribes of Israel in Anambra as “The Far East”, that would probably only add to the general confusion.
In Shierra Leone colonial parlance (and I heard this for a while, from assorted British Oyibo who were family friends (the Redferns, the Normansells) not to mention the City Hotel’s Freddie Ferrari – at a time when – like Hong Kong and China, (smile) the former British colony was unequally divided between the Colony (the City civilisation of Freetown and the Western Area) and what the Oyibos sometimes referred to as the pastoral life “up country” or “the Bush”. Graham Green gives a good idea about the latter in his best book, “The Heart of the Matter”
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