Farmers, herdsmen crises reduced in Abia in 2026 – Eze Mbah

The Chairman of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Linus Nto Mbah, has said the clash betwixt farmers and herdsmen and the demolition of farms successful antithetic communities successful the authorities reduced successful 2026.

The Monarch stated this on Saturday during the solemnisation of the 2026 caller yam festival successful his community, Ata Igbo Ukwu, Umuzomgbo autonomous assemblage of Arochukwu section authorities area.

The sustained bid efforts initiated by the Abia State authorities for accepted rulers and the leaders of Northern communities successful Abia, and indigenous cattle owners, resulted successful a driblet successful the fig of clashes betwixt farmers and herdsmen successful 2026, helium said.

He noted that galore communities successful Abia State, including Ata Igbo Ukwu Umuzomgbo, recorded much harvests of yams and different nutrient  in 2026 compared to the past fewer years.

He encouraged Abia farmers to instrumentality to their farms without fearfulness of being attacked.

Eze Mbah, who cautioned the owners of cattle against marching their herds into people’s farms and backstage properties, promised that the accepted rulers would proceed to enactment bid efforts of Governor Alex Otti astatine ensuring information successful lands and forests.

He urged the national authorities to guarantee that cultivation backing and different inputs meant for genuine farmers are not delivered to politicians oregon different individuals who person nary farms.

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