Herdsmen, Farmers’ Crisis — Mar 14, 2017 5:22 pm .

A young Nigerian Laboratory Scientist, Kabir Musa said he has conducted a comprehensive research that can help solve the persistent herdsmen/farmers crisis that
has led to death of innocent people and properties worth millions and at the same time in diversifying the nation’s economy.
Musa has therefore expressed willingness to handover his findings and recommendations to President Muhammadu Buhari, stressing that upon implementation of his findings, the recurring crisis between herdsmen and farmers will be. A thing of the past.
Addressing a press briefing held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kaduna State Secretariat yesterday, Musa said, he was worried about the numerous challenges created by herdsmen/farmers crisis that has now even taken ethno-religious dimension, which he said prompted him into researching for solutions.
“What I have done is a research that is an improvement on other researches conducted in the past, which if adopted and implemented, will solve the present economic recession and diversify our economy,” he said.,
He illustrated with the aid of a projector, capturing an example of a research conducted by the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Shika.
In the said research which was conducted over 30 years ago by a team of scholars, several recommendations on how to improve the yield and health of cattle and livestock were made.
Musa said he was optimistic that Nigeria was blessed enough to sustain itself and even export to other countries, hence, the findings of his research holds the solution key to several problems bedeviling the country, with the farmers/herdsmen clashes being one of the issues.
He appealed to President Buhari to grant him audience, stressing that the entire country would be better off if his work is adopted.
When asked if he had made any previous attempts to see the President and failed, he fail to respond, but was optimistic that Nigeria would be great again soon, and President Buhari being the man he is, will definitely grant him the audience to present the document to him.