17th May, 2017
Retired Group Captain. Abubakar Bala, District Head of Tsiga, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, says he will soon inaugurate committees on demarcation of cattle routes to avert herdsmen-farmers clashes.
Bala, who is also Jarman Katsina, said this on Wednesday during his tour of Kabomo and Tsiga communities which are under his chiefdom.
He, however, warned that any person who fomented trouble in the area would be apprehended by the security agencies and made to face the wrath of the law.
He cautioned people against encroachment on lands and advised farmers to always harvest their crops whenever they were ripe enough for harvests.
Bala urged the people to eschew all forms of restiveness, stressing that farmers, herdsmen and other residents should to continue to live together in peace, so as to boost the socio-economic development of the area.
He said that his visit to the communities was at facilitating his direct interaction with community members, adding that the tour would also enable him to get first-hand information on how the people were coping with life.
He assured the people that he would facilitate the dredging of the Kabomo Dam and the rehabilitation of the primary school in the area.
Bala also pledged to work for the establishment of a secondary school in the area, while facilitating the provision of electricity for the neighbourhood.
Earlier, Traditional Head of Kabomo community, Alhaji Hassan Umar, lauded Bala for the visit and pledged his people’s support for him.
Umar described Kabomo community residents as peace-loving people.
He urged the district head to intensify efforts on the dredging the Kabomo Dam and the provision of employment to the people.
The leaders of the herdsmen and farmers in the community, Alhaji Tukur Gauji and Alhaji Mustapha Mamman, assured the visiting district head that they were living peacefully with one another.
They, however, welcomed Bala’s plans to demarcate cattle grazing routes in the area, saying that it would further enhance economic activities in their neighbourhood.