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| The Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh |
The Honourable Minister
of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has expressed sadness at
the continued spate of killings across the country.
The Minister in a press statement today, January 4, 2018
decried the ugly situation where
people entered the new year with new hopes and prayers and
turned out to be a harvest of deaths across the country from
Kaduna, Rivers, Benue to Kwara states which he believed as to do with clashes between herdsmen and farmers .
Ogbeh described the killings in those parts of
the country as definitely extremely
disturbing and wondered how a country could hope to enjoy happiness and fruits of God’s
blessings when people engage so violently in hurting each other.
The Minister stated “This
is to really express sadness at the
continued spate of killings across the country. We entered the new year with
hope, prayers and wishing everyone happy
new year.it has turned out now that across the country from Kaduna ,Rivers ,
Benue, to Kwara states is nothing but a harvest of deaths. Some of
it has to do, we believe with clashes
between herdsmen and farmers ,but the killings are definitely extremely disturbing and we do not
know how a country can hope to enjoy happiness and fruits of God’s blessings when people
engage so violently in hurting each other
He therefore expressed
condolences to those who have lost their beloved ones, the governors and
leaders of the states where these have taken place and expressed optimism and
hope that as the country’s economy grow and people
gets busier, this degree of desperation, anger and venom would definitely
decline.
He stated “We do hope that as the economy
grows and people gets busier, this degree of desperation and anger and venom
will definitely decline”.
He also admonished
every Nigerian to continue praying to God to bring freedom and relief to the
country.
Oluwakemi
Ogunmakinwa Mrs.
For:
Director Information
Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
January
4, 2018
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