Thursday, July 4, 2019

New Nigeria Vision that is essentially Nigeria Rescue Mission (2)


  EAG       ISPE 
                           ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP                         INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION             
              (Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions Provider)         (Global Social Development Innovation Organization)          
   ER&A        NEHMAP Initiative
       ER and Associates Limited                         New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty Initiative                 
(International Development Cooperation Consultants)                                                (Global Social Economy and Social Enterprise Organization)

New Nigeria Vision that is essentially Nigeria Rescue Mission (1)

Herdsmen and Farmers Conflict: President Buhari Suspension of Ruga Settlement Solution and Revert to Livestock Transformation Solution: The Way Forward in the Empowerment and Unification of All Nigerians as well as in the Common Interest, Common Future and Common Destiny of All Nigerians.

Introduction


The Herdsmen and Farmers Conflict is the Biggest Corruption in Nigeria today. As long as the Presidency, Federal Government, National Economic Council, Nigeria Governors Forum, 36 Governors and 36 State Governments are unwilling and unable to face new direction and adopt new priorities the increasing brutal destruction of lives and property with Federal and States Governments and Police, Military and other Security Agencies seemingly appearing helpless will remain re-occurring decimal. 

In Paper (1) we submitted that “The Time to shift focus away from blame and problems and shift focus towards solutions and opportunities is NOW”.  This Paper (2) is our Organization’s further contribution towards kick starting the suggested Paradigm Shift and related Paradigm Shifts.

President Buhari Suspending Ruga Settlement Solution

 
President Buhari’s suspension of Ruga Settlement Solutions has doused increasing tension generated by Federal Ministry of Agriculture suggested Ruga Settlements as Solution to unending (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflict. This is a welcome development. However it is a temporary respite. It is pertinent to note that the Livestock Transformation Solution is not addressing real and complex root cause or primary cause problems on the ground in the various Communities across Nigeria where (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts are rife.

Governor Akeredolu, erudite Legal Activist gave sound Legal Opinion on the difference between Ruga Settlement Solution – Focus is on the People/Herders Managing the Livestock and Ranch Settlement Solutions – Focus is on the Livestock. It is not either or. It is both. This explains why President Buhari, Federal Government, National Economic Council, Nigeria Governors Forum, 36 Governors and 36 State Governments need to jointly and speedily shift focus away from the politicization and polarization and jointly with Partners address meaningfully and effectively the substantive issues driving design and delivery of permanent solutions that work.

Now is time for President Buhari, Federal Government, National Economic Council, Nigeria Governors Forum, 36 Governors and 36 State Governments to genuinely appreciate that without Good Understanding of (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflict real and complex root cause or primary cause problems on the ground in the various Communities across Nigeria where (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts are rife; Genuine Interest in finding Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions, fully Implementing these Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions with effective Monitoring and Evaluation of this Implementation and Behavioral Incentives to effectively Sanction Vice and Reward Virtue in Support of the Good Understanding and Genuine Interest as applicable in each affected specific Community, LG, State and National location context, it is simply matter of When not if the (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts Time Bomb will explode.

As no One knows when this Day could come, One Day Delay in President Buhari, Federal Government, National Economic Council, Nigeria Governors Forum, 36 Governors and 36 State Governments and their National and International Partners Jointly embracing this Good Understanding, Genuine Interest and Behavioral Incentives, Adopting Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions that Work, may be One Day too late.

It is incomprehensible and it is a puzzle that President Buhari; Vice President Osinbajo who is also Chairman National Economic Council, NEC; Governor Fayemi of Ekiti State who is also Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF; Governor Akeredolu of Ondo Sate who is also Vice Chairman NGF, some other Governors and Top Federal and States Governments Functionaries have been in the know that there exist such Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions for a while now, yet Governments keep urging Nigerians to bear with the huge loss of lives and property, while they come up with palliatives that are more Fluke and Shadow than Effective and Substance.

Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions

President Buhari, Federal Government, National Economic Council, Nigeria Governors Forum, 36 Governors and 36 State Governments and their National and International Partners need to accept that Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts Must be firmly rooted in All Nigeria Systems: Political, Cultural, Economic, Financial, Social, Environmental, Peace, Security, Religion, Media/Press etc Reform Linked to All Nigeria Institutions: Public Service, Civil Service, Foreign Service, Police Service, Military Service, Paramilitary Service, Intelligence Service, Legislature Service, Judiciary Service etc Reform as applicable in each affected specific Community, LG, State and National location context.

President Buhari, Federal Government, National Economic Council, Nigeria Governors Forum, 36 Governors and 36 State Governments need to appreciate that these Systems and Institutions are in Decay and that without Urgent Overhaul/Reform, attempt to find permanent solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts will remain inadequate; that Permanent Solutions/Reform must be essentially All Inclusive, All Embracing and Ambitious and must answer New Nigeria National Development Vision How Questions and New Nigeria International Development Vision How Questions and that answer to these How Questions demand a level of Know How presently non-existent in the Nigeria Federal Government and 36 State Governments.

As long as Nigeria Federal Government and 36 State Governments keep avoiding or evading working with Technical Advisers and Reform Consultants who could help them to build required Know How to effectively answer these How Questions, Nigeria National Security and Nigeria National Economic Wellbeing and Welfare of 180 Million Nigerians especially the over 120 Million Poor Nigerians will continue to be threatened and the (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts Time Bomb could explode at any time. Allowed to happen, the ultimate consequences would be catastrophic for all National and International Stakeholders in Nigeria’s National Economy.

Big Questions
1.  How Can President Buhari a Corruption Fighter and Development Champion that is Highly respected Nationally and Internationally be Serving Nigeria President and (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts be the Biggest Corruption Problem in Nigeria today, with seemingly No Permanent Solution in Sight, despite that fact that he is in the Know of Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts set out in EAG Innovations?
2.    How Can Vice President Osinbajo a Legal Activist and Development Champion that is Highly respected Nationally and Internationally be Serving Nigeria Vice President and Chairman National Economic Council, NEC with Special Committee on (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts and (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts be the Biggest Corruption Problem in Nigeria today, with seemingly No Permanent Solution in Sight, despite that fact that he is in the Know of Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts set out in EAG Innovations?
3.      How Can Governor Fayemi a Rights Activist and Development Champion that is Highly respected Nationally and Internationally be Serving Ekiti State Governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF and (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts be the Biggest Corruption Problem in Nigeria today, with seemingly No Permanent Solution in Sight, despite that fact that he is in the Know of Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts set out in EAG Innovations?
4.  How Can Governor Akeredolu a Legal Activist and Development Champion that is Highly respected Nationally and Internationally be Serving Ondo State Governor and Vice Chairman South Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF and (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts be the Biggest Corruption Problem in Nigeria today, with seemingly No Permanent Solution in Sight, despite that fact that he is in the Know of Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts set out in EAG Innovations?
5.     Is it in Nigerian Law for Fulani Ethnic Herdsmen or any other Ethnic Herdsmen to carry AK47 Rifle as part of the Instruments for plying their Trade? Why is it the case that Fulani Ethnic Herdsmen or any other Ethnic Herdsmen carrying AK47 Rifle have not been disarmed by Federal Security Agencies up till now despite their many atrocities?
6.  Why is it the case that Sultan of Sokoto and HRM Kaabiesi Ooni of Ife, the 2 Co-Chairmen of National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, NCTRN; NCTRN Chairman of Zonal Chairmen – HRH Etsu Nupe; CAN President Reverend Ayokunle; Ondo State NUJ and Ekiti State NUJ, amongst other Kings/Priests/Press are in the Know that Presidency, Police and other Security Agencies are in the Know of Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts set out in EAG Innovations, yet avoid or evade persuading and if necessary Pressuring Presidency and FGN to do the needful?
7.  Why is it the case that Presidency, Governors, Police and other security Agencies are more interested in setting up Committees and organizing Summits than in supporting Integrated Innovative Solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts set out in EAG Innovations, yet (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts keep destroying huge lives and property and the Time Bomb keep ticking and may explode at any time?
8. Can Sustainable Solutions be found to  (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts and other National Insecurity Problems on the ground in each specific Community, in all 774 LGs, in all 36 States and FCT, National and International levels in Nigeria as is today, without Nigeria Leaders (as identified above) Working Together with Themselves and other National and International Stakeholders to meaningfully address all fundamental issues raised in the 16 March 2016 Letter and other EAG Papers and Submissions?

Conclusion

We have in Paper (1) and Paper (2) raised serious issues of serious business demanding urgent and serious attention of President Buhari, Federal Government, National Economic Council, Nigeria Governors Forum, 36 Governors and 36 State Governments.

As no one knows when  (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts Time Bomb may explode should  President Buhari, Federal Government, National Economic Council, Nigeria Governors Forum, 36 Governors and 36 State Governments keep working HARDer doing the same old things in the same old ways rather than start working SMARTer doing new things in new ways, One Day Delay implementing permanent solutions set out in EAG Innovation may be One Day too late to avoid looming catastrophic consequences of failure to find permanent solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts in National Interest and on Time.

Should all relevant Authorities FAIL to speedily find Innovative Sustainable Solutions to (Fulani) Herdsmen and Farmers Conflicts and other National Insecurity problems on the ground across Nigeria, and Nigeria Insecurity Time Bomb be allowed to explode, the ultimate consequences will be catastrophic for all Nigerians and Nigeria’s Woes will have contagion effect on Africa’s Woes and World Woes. The time for remedial action by all concerned is NOW.

It is our hope that opportunity for bright prospects of success would not be lost.

Contact:
Director General
Economic Alliance Group (Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions Provider)
Affiliate Members: International Society for Poverty Elimination
(Global Social Development Innovation Organization);
ER and Associates Limited (National and International Development Cooperation Consultants)
New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty, NEHMAP Initiative
(Global Social Economy and Social Enterprise Organization) etc
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Email: nehap.initiative@yahoo.co.uk   info@nehmapglobal.org               July 2019.

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