President Mohammadu Buhari at the weekend
said the clashes between herders and farmers
around the country are largely due to unrest in
neighbouring Libya and Mali from where weapons
and militants have found their way into the
country.

The President who was represented by Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo at the graduation
ceremony of Senior Executive Course (SEC) 38 of
the National Institute for Policy and Strategic
Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, near Jos, said there was
evidence to show the infiltration of militants into
the folds of Nigerian herders, adding that militants
running away with light and heavy arms from the
troubled countries had settled among Nigerian
herders but warned that criminal violence in
whatever form would not be tolerated.
The National Institute, which was meant to
graduate 67 participants during the ceremony,
announced that one of its participants, Hajia
Maimuna Abdullahi, a permanent secretary from
Niger State, had died on Thursday.
The Acting Director-General of the Institute,
Jonathan Juma who disclosed this at the
graduation ceremony, said that the deceased
would be awarded the ‘mni’ posthumously.

He said the theme of SEC 38, which is
Strengthening Institutional Mechanism for Poverty
Reduction and Inclusive Development in Nigeria,
gave the participants opportunity to undertake
study tours to 12 states in Nigeria and six
countries within and outside Africa.