Insider sources explained that the President on hearing about the RUGA matter first expressed surprise about the programme, and then anger on finding that it was different from the NLTP which NEC and the FG had agreed on.
The president then ordered a swift review of what RUGA was about and sought clarifications on its connection with the NLTP. The Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, according to sources had also strongly resisted the RUGA plan, arguing that it made nonsense of the NLTP, a very deliberate and elaborate plan developed by NEC, under his watch, and a plan which the FG had okayed.
When news about RUGA broke, it immediately raised widespread controversy as State Governors and other interests expressed surprise and a consternation regarding how it was developed and the fact that there were no consultations with States, especially regarding land, which according to the law are vested in the Governors.
The President was annoyed that the plan, promoted by senior officials in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and other FG officials, purports to use gazetted lands in the States for the purposes of building RUGA settlements without carrying along the States, creating a wrong impression that the FG was trying to take over land belonging to States and the people in those States.
There was visible panic in the Villa on Monday when senior officials in the President’s office were trying to get information about RUGA and its connection to the NLTP.
The President later discovered that not only was RUGA not under the VP, but that the programme was not aligned to the NLTP. He then ordered a suspension Tuesday afternoon.
It was also discovered that the contract sums allocated for various aspects of the RUGA programme, were heavily overpriced, and incurred the wrath of the President. For instance purchases of solar panels were put at tens of million Naira each, while boreholes were also to be procured at an average cost of N20m each.
The Vice President had been publicly drawn into the fray last Friday when the Secretary of the MACBAN, Baba Uthman Ngelzarma claimed on a TV interview that the RUGA was being supervised by the Office of the VP.
An apparently angry VP same day issued what was seen as a disclaimer, disclosing that his office was not supervising RUGA and explained that the NLTP is a different programme altogether.
from pm news
*So he didnt even understand this thing like most confused Nigerians?WOW!!
They should scrap it and allow governors to do their own state ranching themselves.
ReplyDeleteI no even support the so called Ranching. I really don't know why people's personal business will turn to national issue
DeleteImagine FGN funding personal business all in the name of peace, then it is encouraging other ethnic groups to carry arms so that the FGN can grant them what they want.
DeleteLet everyone rare cows in their own territory, grow crops to feed your cows. How do Americans do it? They should scarp that shit.
DeleteIgbo people haven't finished sharing lands among brothers they will now start sharing with one fulani fanatic? Never!!!
Hmmm...the nerve of all those Fulani brown goats.
ReplyDeleteHe did not under stand it and went ahead to implement it.
ReplyDeleteDeveloped countries are talking advancment in technology and we are saying ruga(not even an english word)
It is well ...
R-rural
DeleteG-Grazing
A-Area
@shining Longrich, what about the U
DeleteAre you okay anon 11:13. RU-rural, that is were the U came from.
DeleteRuga is a fulani word. Its just those huts fulani people make using straws.
DeleteNo be only fulani word. No wonder you are nameless. Read you people will not read.
DeleteUnknown. RUGA means settlement in fulani. That's what the fulani calls it. I read that RUGA memo so i wonder what you want talking about. It's crap, just pure land grabbing by FG for PRIVATE cattle herders in the entire WEST AFRICA.
DeleteI have a neighbor who lived amongst fulanis, and my curiosity about people places made me ask him and he never said anything good about them. Infact he said Thank God for saving me from those people.
Stellz some of us LOVE reading and i read that memo. RUGA should be scrapped.
Stella don't mind FG and his cabinet the are always claiming ignorance when it backfires. Who know know say na that has been their style
ReplyDeleteThis government is so dishonest and lacks integrity. Sadly he stinks.
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he didnt understand it yet he agreed in the first place.
ReplyDeletescam of a president!...mtxheeew
How will he understand it? Someone that hasn't finished understanding normal English, it's abbreviations like RUGA you want him to understand.
DeleteWicked push up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
DeleteWhat do you expect when you guys voted in a nitwit for president
ReplyDeleteLas Las buhari na scam
ReplyDeleteI tell you. Let them save @Isaacson comment on this issue, they might need it in future
Deletethis is his second term, yet he's still using this his old trick of not being aware?
ReplyDeleteStella if you believe this rubbish above, then you will believe any other deception of this government. Who then did informed Nigerians that 11 states have indicated interest and 11billion mapped out for them? These people know what they are doing. They were trying to test the water but got shocked that Nigerians vehemently resisted their tricks.
ReplyDeleteNow, I want to ask some questions here. If Buhari is claiming ignorant along side Osibanjo, who then authorised the said would be 11billion naira to state that have accepted the Ruga settlement? Secondly, didn't the governor of Plateau state openly said he met with Mr President and that his state has indicated interest which led to widespread protest at the Jos government house by the people of Plateau against their governor? Thirdly, is the president telling us some criminal element have hijack his government? If that be the case, then he isn't qualified to still remain in that office. Fourthly, If the old man is claiming ignorant of Ruga, why the suspension and not outright cancellation? Does he think we are fools without brain? Or cattle rearer in Daura?
These people are bunch of disappointment to anything truth, so I won't expect them to say something different like they have just done. Why the ultimatum of 30days from the northern coalitions for the presidency to rescind the suspension if they aren't aware of it? This shows it was planned by all of them long before now.
#clapping . Stands & clapping.
DeleteI knew this feigned ignorance was outright bullsh**t . Excuse of a government.
You are very correct. Why will you suspend a program that wasn’t what you planned ? Why did he not cancel it ? He is just denying knowledge because of the widespread outrage shown by the populace
DeleteDamage control. The Truth is that FG made nonsense of themselves with this RUGA of a thing
ReplyDeletethis people are bunch of liars, he didn't understand it and yet he had gone ahead to implement it, they will give it another name and still try to shove it down our throats, anything to bring the Fulanis is cool with our president, First it was about ranching, we refused, they brought the issue of Fulanis as security in the Eastern states, we refused, they changed it to RUGA, we still said NO, them go find another measure for it... watch out...
ReplyDeleteLies and Propaganda is their trademark. He knew all along.
ReplyDeleteHe knew what he was doing,just wasn't expecting the reaction from the masses. Propagandists
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha.....
ReplyDeleteBuhari, I out it to you that you are a liar. You knew about this and you had and still have every intention of accenting to this evil plan.
ReplyDeleteIf you knew nothing about it as you claim, why have you not given directive for the Fulani Myatta allah or whatever they call themselves to be arrested for threatening the Peace and stability of this country because of the suspension of #RUGA. Why are they insisting that it was a sort of Agreement between them and the Federal Government (which is you by the way) to bring lasting peace between the Fulani Heardsmen and Farmers all over the federation. Buhari you are a pathological liar, first you set one of your stooges in the person Laloung to say that it was the initiative of the Goodluck Jonathan government which they came out and set the record straight. Now the only way for you to wriggle yourself out of this because of the nation wide outcry against#RUGA is to deny having any knowledge about it. Anyways, it has been you MO since you took over the government. Evil hearted president, but then we Nigerians pass you.
#mrpresidentcallforthearrestofthosethreateningthepeaceandstabilityofourcountrynigeria
The government is so funny, so baba and osibanjo are now denying Ruga, ok ohhh, seems they have suspended it , it should not come back then,
ReplyDelete"My attention has been drawn to a broadcast by Abdul Azeez Suleman, speaking for a Coalition of Northern Groups in which he had the audacity to give the federal government an ultimatum of 30 days to rescind its decision on the suspension of its Ruga settlements policy.
ReplyDelete“Abdul went further to threaten the expulsion of southerners resident in the North at the expiration of his dateline if the federal government does not rescind its suspension decision.
“This irresponsible, unlawful and provocative outburst reminds me of the quit notice from northern youths two years ago.
“Ohanaeze insists that the Ruga policy is an Islamisation and Fulanisation policy. It is a violation of our constitution and Supreme Court decisions on the Land Use Act. Its suspension without cancellation leaves the federal government still in violation of our laws.
“The threat to evict law abiding Nigerians from their places of abode in Northern Nigeria is treasonable and obviously like the gun trotting herdsmen will go unnoticed by our federally-controlled law enforcement agencies.
“Let Abdul, the federal government and others like them take notice that Ohanaeze has no objections to all Igbo in the North returning home so long as all northerners in the East leave the East and we dismantle the federal structure imposed on us by the military and return to autonomous federating units.
“The nepotism exhibited by this federal government, her duplicity of standards in law enforcement, her undisguised Fulanisation policy is repugnant to rule of law and good governance. We will no longer tolerate any further threats from these northern war mongers.
“After all, who should be the aggrieved under the circumstance? The millipede that has been marched is whimpering, but the person that marched it is complaining that his foot has been soiled.
“The South that is bearing the yoke of oppression from cattle herders are trying their best to co-exist with their aggressors, yet it is the aggressors that are threatening further mayhem. This cannot be. I call on all Igbo to be ready to defend themselves; enough of these threats!”
Chief John Nnia Nwodo
President General, Ohaneze Ndi Igbo,
Nigeria my country!!!
DeleteRide-on sir, we are with you on this.enough of these treats by the uncircumcised mallams.on Biafra I stand
DeleteClap clap clap.
DeleteThank you Sir
Loud it, Chief! Buhari shd understand that his Islamization agenda is all too GLARING and OBVIOUS as probably his main, if not only mission for this second term. May Almighty God never permit that plan of his and those he's taking dictates from to see the light of day in this country. Amen.
DeleteIslamization Agenda!!!!
ReplyDeleteThey had to inflate the cost of implementation so that they will have funds for communication, arms and ammunition.
God show us Mercy in this country!
My view in this whole Fulanisation or Islamising Nigeria is for my people "Ndi Igbo" to develop their states and do buisness here instead of being at the mercy of the hausa/fulanis who have known that the igbos don't like living in their home states. Does Alhaji Dangote have any buisness in any eastern states? The earlier we begin to love ourselves much the better but am not saying you shouldn't go to the north but that we can build ourselves in our place. Enough of maltreatment from northerners please.
ReplyDeleteI remember during campaign then PDP said this man will islamize Nigeria and APC was shouting propaganda, I wish I have close to 700k I will jejely leave this country.
ReplyDeleteIt is a face-saving maneuver. Buhari is useless and the useless fellas from the SW/SE/SS that supported this bigot are the most useless excuse of human beings.
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