Outspoken Senator and businessman, Ben Murray-Bruce, representing Bayelsa East senatorial district, has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to import grasses from Brazil to be used in feeding cows in the northern part of Nigeria.
Minister of Agriculture and rural development, Audu Ogbeh who made the disclosure Wednesday said this is to curtail the frequent clashes between arm bearing Fulani cattle breeders and farmers.
According to Ogbeh, the Muhammadu Buhari was setting up grazing areas in various states of the federation as a response to the clashes.
“We can’t allow cows to be roaming around anyhow,” Ogbeh said this at the Unity Fountain Abuja while addressing his Idoma tribes people who were demonstrating the massacre of the Agatu people of Benue State by the Fulani herdsmen.
Reacting to this proposal, Mr. Bruce expressed his anger on social media: “First it was a plan to produce pencils in 2 years, now the plan is to #ImportGrass FromBrazil. Can you imagine? Nigeria importing grass!!!”
“There is grass all over Nigeria. Grass isn’t our problem. Join me in telling our leaders not to #ImportGrass but to #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira!,” he wrote.
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