The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has announced that it will deploy 5,000 personnel to man the proposed cattle ranches across the country.
The Commandant-General of NSCDC, Mr Abdullahi Gana, disclosed this while briefing the management team and personnel of the corps on the recent development at the National Headquarters.
He said that the corps was prepared to man all cattle ranches across the country as proposed by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Agriculture.
“The trend of insecurity and the rising crisis between the farmers and cattle herdsmen in various parts of the country has resulted to destruction of lives and property of the citizenry.
“This is indeed worrisome to the government and security agencies in spite of the security measures put in place by the government and the various security architectures.
“Therefore, it has become imperative for the corps to deploy its personnel for this purpose in order to stem the tide of vandalism and crisis among the herdsmen and members of the communities where they operate,’’ he said.
He stressed that to avoid further wanton destruction of lives and property, the corps had restrategised its operational tactics through the use of ICT and other equipment.
Gana also urged the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and other agitators to embrace dialogue instead of confrontation.
He reiterated that dialogue and peaceful settlement of the offending issues in Niger-Delta would speedily usher in the peaceful atmosphere that is eluding the region now.
“the fiercest war in the world ended in the office and not at the battle-field. Hence, development can never strive in an environment of rancour and ill feelings’’.
Gana quoted Winston Churchill’s saying: “When we war-war, we jaw-jaw, it is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war”, for peace to reign.
He solicited for support and collaboration from all and sundry, especially major stakeholders, to give peace a chance in national interest.
