Emir of Ilorin donates land for herdsmen to leave UNILORIN premises

Date: 2018-06-14

THE Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari, has intervened in the face-off between the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, and herdsmen who vowed not to relocate from the university's land./p> Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Sulyman AbdulKareem, had, at a meeting with the herdsmen in February, told them "enough is enough," stressing that the institution can no longer condone the destructive activities of their grazing cattle on its land, "as this is becoming too costly for the institution to bear."/p> However, Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in Kwara State, Alhaji Usman Adamu, asked the government to prevail on authorities of the university not to evict them from their settlement on the school's grounds./p> He contended that they had settled on the land before the university was established, hence it would be impossible for them to relocate./p> Speaking, yesterday, during the annual iftar interaction with newsmen in Ilorin, the Vice Chancellor revealed that the Emir intervened to save the day, by providing a parcel of land at a village, Opolo, in Ilorin South Local Government Area, for the herdsmen as settlement, to douse the brewing tension between the two camps./p> According to him, "at that first meeting, I agreed to do the bidding agreed upon by my predecessors. The lucky thing is that after media reports, I got invited to the Emir's palace./p> "I went there and I told the emir exactly what happened. I must thank him for the way he took everything./p> "He said he thought we were taking care of everything on our own and not leaving anything for them to input./p> "When we told him what we did, he said he had agreed to give a parcel of land in Opolo village, to these herdsmen and he will arrange what will be given to them./p> "The last few times that we met the herdsmen, we thought they will live together, but they said that one group, out of the two, will have to migrate somewhere else, but the one that will stay will take the land offered by the emir./p> "We pray, again, that they will not bring their cattle to the university land once they are located very close to the university: that is where we stand."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sardauna     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     MAI Akande     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Adisa Logun     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Ayobami Akanbi     Bamidele Adegoke     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Doyin Group     Quranic Recitation Competition     Ajikobi     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Firdaos Amasa     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Timothy Akangbe     Gani Saadu     Salami Adekunle     Unilorin     Toyosi Thomas     Sidikat Alaya     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Kwara State Football Association     TESCOM     Ajibike Katibi     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Eleyele     Bursary     Gbemisola Saraki     Ayinke Saka     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Daud Adeshola     Kwara     Iponrin     United Nigeria Airline     Kola Ologbondiyan     Ijakadi     Abiodun Abdulkareem     ITP     Ilorin International Airport     Iyaloja-General     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Moses Adekanye     Ubandawaki     Bisi Oyeleke     Wahab Issa     Sarah Jubril     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Bello Bature     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Adamu Attah     NIRSAL     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Jebba     Yemi Sanni     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Issa Oloruntogun     Kwarareports.com     Radio Kwara     Kola Adesina     Dankaka     A.E. Afolabi     Grillo     Oko-Erin     Naira Redesign     Mohammed Abduraheem     Ahmad Ali     Kwara State Pension Board     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Ballah     Tunji Ajanaku     High Court     Shaaba Lafiagi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

KSIRS     Gurei     Amos Bajeh     Bola Sagaya     Ronke Adeyemi     Musibau Akanji     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Yakubu Shaaba     Sebastine Obasi     Kazeem Adekanye     MalHub     Kayode Ibrahim     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Press Release     Ilorin Central Mosque     Bahago     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Mamatu Abdullahi     Magaji Are     Samuel Adedoyin     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Omar Gambari     Kwara State University Of Education     Ado Bayero     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Yusuf Aiyedun     David Oyedepo     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Musbau A. Akanji     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Third Estate     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Osi     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Idris Garuba     TIIDELab     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ekweremadu     Ethical College     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Hussein Olokooba     Isiaka Danmeromu     A.O. Belgore     Muhammed Abdullahi     Jare Olatundun     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Olatunji Ibrahim     Agbarigidoma     Mubarak Oladosu     Omotoso     Bio Ibrahim     Oniwasi Agbaye     Shehu Jimoh     Salihu Ajia     Agbarere     Shuaib Jawondo     Alagbado     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Facemasks     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Bluenile Associates     Oniyangi     Tunde Yusuf     Ahmad Ali     Gbenga Adebayo     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Yusuf Lawal     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Funmilayo Oniwa