Lingering Farmers- herders Crisis, Threat To Food Security — Sector Players

Tlingering farmersherders crisis in the North Central region has been described as food security threat, as millions of farmers have been displaced, families dislocated, just as people, especially women in the Internally Displaced Peoples ( IDPS) camps are living with a lot of psychological trauma. The alarm was raised by the representative of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Angela Odah, during a discourse organised by Maroon Square on the public presentation of a research report titled: ‘ The Root Cause of Farmers- Herders Crisis in North Central Nigeria,” supported by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Lagos.

The research was done by Plangshak Musa Suchi and Sallek Yaks Musa both of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos, Plateau State.

Their findings revealed that the crisis was caused by multiple, but interrelated socioeconomic and political factors associated with the structure of the society and the character of the Nigerian state.

Odah said: “We have to share the findings with various stakeholders within the society, it is a call to action because once you know the effect of an issue or what has happened it generates discourse and with discourse we hope that a solution will be proffered and putting the solution in the front burner is very important.

“You don’t address any problem by sweeping it under the carpet, you bring it out to provide opportunities for people to discuss it and proffer solutions. This issue is causing Nigeria a lot, food security is threatened, millions of people are living in displacement, millions of children are out of school, families have been turned apart, a lot of people, women and people living in the IDPS are living with a lot of psychological issues.