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#OCCUPYFARMS: Dear @MBuhari @ProfOsinbajo @cenbank et al. Nigeria is Sitting on a Time Bomb That is Likely Going to Consume Any Form of Progress Made if we are not Proactive When it Comes to This Herders Farmers Conflict That is Now Snowballing Into a Full Blown Ethnic Crisis.

2. Times are Hard, YES. However, What Govt is Capable of Doing is only Limited by What Govt is Capable of Thinking Backed By The Political Will. The North of Nigeria Holds the Key 2Massive Rural Industrial Revolution Capable of Changing Our National Narrative. Northern Nigeria

3. Have The Land and The The Population to Match. With The Will, There is Nothing We Will Not Achieve, If we are Ready to Drastically Reduce This Continuing Conflict Between Crop Farmers & Cattle Farmers. The Easy Road to Success Never Last. The Easy Option of Herders Heading

4. to The Rain Fed Southern Part of Nigeria is Not a Solution To The Challenges of The Cattles and Men Involved in this Business. in 1998, China Started Planting Trees to Arrest The Challenges of Flooding, in Just About Two Decades, China Reforestation Program has Succeeded in

5. Solving a Problem That was a Massive Challenge for a Nation. The Northern Governors Must Stop Talking, They Must Start Acting. The North Need To Start a Reforestation Program That is Targeted at Planting 1million Trees Annually over The Next Decade. They Must Begin The Process

6. Recharging Lack Chad With the Help of the Federal Government and Support for Donor Agencies. The Must Start Building Mini Dams in Every Local Government Along Rain Channels That Can Each Hold Minimum of 1billion Cubic Litres of Water Beginning From November When The Rain Ends

7. To March When The Rains Begin. They Must Commit to a #RUGASETTLEMENT in Every Local Government That is Hybrid Between Open Grazing and Ranching. They Must Devote Resources to Local Vigilantes, Vocational Education, Rural Health Infrastructure and Basic Rural Electrification.

8. This Current Road we are Taking Will Keep Increasing The Conflict Zones, It Will Keep Breeding Bandits, Kidnappers, Violent Militias, Increase in Armed Robbery and A Vicious Cycle of Damaging Destruction That Will Never End. We Cannot Pray This Away. It is Not Going Anywhere.

9. With @NGFarmersGroup, We Have Been Able 2Develop The Exact Model That The FG, States & LGAs Can Begin To Implement Immediately and We are Open 24/7. We Have Planted Over 10,000 Palm Trees, 5,000 Pine Trees, 5,000 Mangoes, 10,000 Masquerade Trees, 5,000 Oranges, 5,000 Guavas,

10. 5,000 Cashews & We are Still Planting. The Farm Spent About N60million 2Connect The Farm to the National Grid on a 33kva Line Running from The Main Line Covering About 5kms. We Donated a 100kva to Two Gaate Communities. We Have Also Built a Dam Capable of Holding 500m Cubic

11. Litres of Water Currently Serving Over 50,000 Animals Free, A Source of Water For Irrigation Farming and Also a Source of Drinking Water For Over 17 Fulani Settlements and Other Communities. The Farm Can Do More, But there is a Limit To What The Private Sector Can Do Knowing

12. Investors May Never Be Patient When it Comes to Long Term Development and Planning. In #NFGCSFARM Settlement That is About 1hour 30minutes Drive From Abuja and Between Keffi and Akwanga, Fulani Herdsmen and Farmers Have Been Living Peacefully Since 2017. We Currently Have

13. 30 Fulani Herdsmen Working in The Farm, Supporting 12 @PoliceNG Personnel Including 15 Local Vigilantes Keeping The Communities Safe. Everyday, Over the Past Four Years we have Maintain Between 150 and 500 Staff Mostly Women and Youth Earning Between N500 and N1,000 Daily,

14. Building What Will Be One of the Biggest Community Project in a Decade Using Local Traditional Materials. The Herdsmen Are Understanding The Act of Cow Fodder Hydroponic Feeder Systems, They are Understanding the Benefit of Ranching and Working With The Managers of the Farm

15. to Do what must be done for the greater good of Nigeria and Nigerians. Since 2019, Over 50 Staff of the Farm Including the Farm Managers have Settled in the Farm as The Only Home They Know. Meaning That we have Built Simple Homes Using Wood, Zinc and Mats in What Can Be Best

16. Described as Cultural Masterpiece. There is Nothing That is in Abuja That Cannot be Found in Gaate. We Must Stop Talking, We Must Start Doing. We Must See Solutions That Work and Adapt Them for the Greater Good of This Country. There is a Storm Coming Tomorrow That Can Be

17. Avoided Today, There is a Tomorrow For Our Children That Must Be Protected Today.

"Corgito Ergo Sum" I Think Therefore I am, Are The Legendary Words of Rene Descartes.

We Must Think

#NIGERIAFIRST!
#NIGERIAONLY!!
#NIGERIAALWAYS!!!

That is IF WE WAN WELL!

18. Pictures From @NGFarmersGroup in Ga'ate, Kokona LGA, Nasarawa State.

Pictures From @NGFarmersGroup in Ga'ate, Kokona LGA, Nasarawa State.

20. More Pictures From @NGFarmersGroup Ga'ate, Kokona LGA, Nasarawa State.

21. @NGFarmersGroup Dam and Irrigation Pump Station. Including a Local Speed Boat for Dam Maintenance.

22. @NGFarmersGroup Staff Table Tennis Singles After Work. On This Day The Star Price Was N10,000. The Sport Facilities in The Farm Include a Basketball Court, Volleyball Court, Snooker Board and a Football Court. @ChiefOjukwu

23. @NGFarmersGroup Sawmill. We Have a Wood and Carpentry Unit That is Responsible For Sawing all of Our Wood Use for Construction in the Farm. The Farm is Fully Integrated.

@NGFarmersGroup Various Schools and Groups Visiting The #NFGCSRUGA For Study and Excursion.

25. @NGFarmersGroup #NFGCSFARMS Rice Mill is Active. GaateGold Rice is Processed From This Same Facility. This #RUGASETTLEMENT Facility in Ga'ate, Kokona LGA, Nasarawa State. We Have Asked @FmardNg To Support Our Upgrade With 100tons Rice Milling Machines, We are Still Waiting!

26. @NGFarmersGroup We Have a Section For Animal Husbandry. Including Poultry, Cattle, Abbatior etc. Cattle Section is Managed by The Fulanis Because They are Good at The Business of Managing Cattle.

27. @NGFarmersGroup This is The Only #RUGA in Nigeria With All The Sporting Facilities You Can Imagine. There are So Many Sport COMPLEX in Nigeria Without What We Have in The #NFGCSFARMS RUGA Settlement.

28. @NGFarmersGroup Our Fabrication Section Now Build Wheelbarrows, Hammer Mills, Grinding Machines, Rice Parbioling Tanks and Most of The Machines and Equipment That The Farm is Using Today. This is Also Part of The Settlement, The RUGA SETTLEMENT!

29. @NGFarmersGroup Work Never Stops, Yes We Also Brew Our Own Local #GaateGreen & #GaateBrown Local Herbal Drink. From The Green Vegetation Around us as Taught us by Our Ancestors. This is @OlajideAbiola Sampling a 2Feet Catfish From The Dam.

30. @NGFarmersGroup Has Struggled With The Right Mix of Funding To Keep This Dream Alive. 2020 Was a Bad Year, Investors Have Been Justifiably Impatient. The Process of Support Funding Has Been Hard. But We Have Kept Going. More Needs to Be Done. More Must Be DONE & WE FIT WELL!

31. 4Those Asking, Cattle Plenty 4Farm and Na Fulani Herdsmen Dey Manage Them. You Need To Build By Lifting Others up Not Demonizing a Whole People by The Actions of a Few. WE FIT WELL, But We All Must Give Our Best. @NGFarmersGroup @FmardNg @cenbank @NirsalMFB @ChiefOjukwu