“RUGA is going to be an explosive issue and it had better be handled very carefully.
“I think there’s going to be trouble in this country if this cattle rearing issue is not handled imaginatively and with humanity as the priority.
“There cannot be any kind of society where cattle take priority over human beings,” he said.
Speaking further, he suggested that the ranching system can be adopted, however, it has to be done in an area that will have no negative impact on human lives.
“There’s nothing so strange or mysterious about cattle rearing so why should cattle become a problem just because we like to eat beef. I don’t understand it, there are solutions which are very simple.
“People have talked about ranching but the ranching has to be done in places that are environmentally congenial to that kind of trade and at the same time do not afflict humanity”.
“People are being killed in hundreds till today and it’s only because of the failure of the leadership at the critical time.
“The cattle rearers have been given a sense of impunity, they kill without any compunction, they drive farmers who are contributing to the food solution of the country (they drive them away), burn and eat their crops and then you come with RUGA?”
Prof. Wole Soyinka
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