{"id":7965,"date":"2018-02-28T09:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7965"},"modified":"2018-02-28T09:08:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:08:46","slug":"lawmakers-want-biometric-data-capturing-of-all-fulani-herdsmen-in-kogi-due-to-huge-influx","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/lawmakers-want-biometric-data-capturing-of-all-fulani-herdsmen-in-kogi-due-to-huge-influx\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers want biometric data capturing of all Fulani herdsmen in Kogi due to huge influx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to embark on biometric data capturing of all Fulani herdsmen in the state for proper planning, control and security purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The call was made in a resolution of the house reached at plenary on Wednesday following a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Bello Abdullahi-Balogun (APC-Ajaokuta).<\/p>\n<p>He said that the state had in recent times experienced influx of Fulani herdsmen as a result of the clashes between farmers and herdsmen in neighbouring states of Benue and Nasarawa among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state has to ensure the security of people and property as a result of the influx of the Fulani herdsmen in large number to the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is also the need for the government to embark on head count of the herdsmen residents in the state.\u201d He, therefore, called on the state government, the local government administrators and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to embark on biometric data capturing of herdsmen in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Seconding the motion, Ahmed Mohammed (APC-Ankpa I) said it was a motion of concern to the people of Kogi, adding that the biometric data capturing would really help in checking the farmers\/herdsmen hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people had taken advantage of the Fulani herdsmen\/farmers clashes to perpetrate evil but with this technology, we will be able to know the Fulanis in our midst, especially now that our government is making the state a home for all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>NigeriaNewsNetwork recalls that recently Kogi State Governor donated 15,000 hectares of land for Cattle Colonies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to embark on biometric data capturing of all Fulani herdsmen in the state for proper planning, control and security purposes. 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