A bill seeking to bring an end to the conflict between Fulani herdsmen and farmers which had resulted into loss of lives and property across the country has scaled through second reading on the floor of the Senate. When finally passed into law, the bill will equally support communities to adapt to climate change.
Sponsored by Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, the bill is proposing for an act to establish the National Agency for the Great Green Wall for the implementation of the Great Green wall Programme in the country and for Related Matters 2015.
Ndoma-Egba, who led debate on the bill, explained that its passage would address land degradation and desertification in the Sahara and Sahel regions, enhance food security and support communities to adapt to climate change.
Enumerating the importance of the bill, he noted that, “The bill will help address degradation and desertification in the Sahara and Sahel regions, enhance food production, reduce poverty, minimise social conflict between pastoralists and farmers with the attendant loss of lives and property, which has become quite pervasive of recent, particularly in parts of Benue, Nassarawa and Plateau states.
“It will also support communities to adapt to climate change,” he noted.
It was gathered that the new law would also seek to establish the national agency for the Great Wall for the implementation of the provision of the convention on the Great Wall programme in the country, management of drought, desertification and afforestation control measures and other related matters.
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