Farmers and herdsmen in seven local government areas that make up the Adamawa Central senatorial district have lauded the senator representing the area, Abdulaziz Murtala Nyako, for his avowal to construct 14 earth dams from his constituency allowance.
They noted that apart from resolving the perennial clashes between the two groups, the move will also lead to economic prosperity in the area as dry season farming will be seriously encouraged.
Nyako had vowed to use his allowance to embark on the construction of 14 earth dams as a way of resolving the lingering crisis between farmers and herdsmen, noting that such conflicts have always been sparked off by struggles for the control of water resources between the two groups.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and a community leader in the senatorial zone, Mr P. P. Elisa, noted that the move will not only lead to a lasting solution to the perennial conflict between farmers and herdsmen but will also lead to the economic emancipation of the people.
The farmers and herdsmen commended the senator, saying that his effort would restore sanity in the area and enhance communal harmony between them.
A farmer in Girei local government, Mr Pineas John, noted with happiness that the area will experience economic boom after the construction of the earth dams as the people would go into serious irrigation farming.
