Osinbajo Heads 10-Member Committee To End Killings By Herdsmen

Osinbajo Heads 10-Member Committee To End Killings By Herdsmen

The National Economic Council (NEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has approved a 10-member working committee on the herdsmen/farmers conflicts in the country.

Literally, it means the Vice President

is to chair the committee made up of

other nine state governors that will

put an end to the killings by

herdsmen in parts of the country.

This was one of the decisions reached

at a meeting of the National Economic Council held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday.

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi

Ganduje, stated this at the end of the

meeting presided over by Osinbajo.

Ganduje named members of the

committee to include governors of

Kaduna, Zamfara, Taraba, Benue,

Adamawa, Edo, Plateau, Oyo, and

Ebonyi states.

The governor said, “On the farmers/herdsmen crises, Council constituted a working group to collaborate with the Federal Government in addressing the issues of impunity regarding the killings and violence.”

“The Committee, composed of
nine governors under the
chairmanship of the Vice
President, would work in
accordance with the
President’s commitment to
ensure that all perpetrators of
violence are brought to book”
“The working group comprises
of 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.’’