Miyetti Allah leadership proposes Umahi for president in 2023

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN)
Thursday endorsed Governor Dave Umahi for the presidency of Nigeria
come 2023.

At the well-attended South East Security Summit in Enugu, the
national president of the group, Alhaji Muhammadu Kirowa told the
gathering without mincing words that Umahi is the next president of
Nigeria after Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure ends in 2023.

Kirowa who was represented by the national secretary of MACBAN,
Baba Othman Ngalzarma said Umahi as the chairman of the Southeast
Governor’s Forum was able to weave an atmosphere of conviviality
between the Fulani herdsmen and their respective South East
hosts.

The group was impressed that the Ebonyi state governor was able
to persuade his other counterparts in the Southeast to cue in to
his programme of peaceful coexistence.

“We say a big thank you. We really appreciate your wonderful
disposition and your outstanding desires for peace. What this
country needs are visionary leaders like you,” they told Umahi who
was represented at the occasion by his deputy.

The group was particularly grateful to Umahi for cooperation and
support he extended to their members in the form of free and
compulsory education to their school age children.

Dispelling what it called media hyperbole and spread of
falsehood of an imminent invasion of the Southeast by its members,
MACBAN said: ” Southeast will not boil. If Southeast is going to
boil we will not be at this summit in large numbers. Southeast is
also not stubborn, otherwise we will not be here today”

MACBAN posited that if all governors in Nigeria emulate what the
Southeast governors are doing, “Nigeria will definitely come out
quickly from the menace of insecurity the country is
suffering.”

It applauded the governments of Enugu and Anambra states “for
the establishment of peace and security committees with MACBAN
fully represented to tackle any conflict that may arise between our
members and host communities and I am sure these committees are
working round the clock.”

MACBAN also called on its members to respect the traditions and
culture of host communities and be open for dialogue at all times.
“MACBAN stands for truth, just it and equity for all and does not
and will not condone criminality even within its own fold.”

Governor Dave Umahi who was represented by his deputy lamented
that Nigeria is facing a very serious security challenge.

He said in all the zones, there is one security challenge or the
other “if it is not rustlers, it is the herdsmen, if it is not
bandits, it is armed robbers and kidnappers. There are even cyber
criminals ravaging the internet.”

He admonished the MACBAN to prevail on its members to always
respect the traditions, custom and culture of their communities in
order to have a sustainable relationship between the farmers and
the herdsmen.

He was full of praise for the commissioners of police in the
Southeast, observing that no commissioner of police in the zone has
been accused of compromise.

In a key note address by a commissioner in the Police Service
Commission (PSC), Tommy Mom commended the Southeast governors for
having done so much in the area of security.

“In comparison to most regions, the Southeast is blessed in
several ways, but chiefly in the existence of a vibrant Governors
Forum that provides the platform for conversations like this
summit. The Southeast is fairly much developed in terms of commerce
and standard of living than most zones.

“Ease of doing business in terms of software is taken seriously
and now we are including the hardware which is security. We can
build on this, make our zones better and provide the ideal, for
other zones in Nigeria to learn from, and before long,
notwithstanding our challenges as a nation, we will have the police
and communities policing together, enhancing investments, less
persons off the streets, a stronger nation that will be pride of
Africa,” he stressed.

The summit was attended by top police officers including the
commissioners of police and the representative of the Inspector
General of Police.