Kogi House of Assembly has called on the
State Government to embark on biometric data
capturing of all Fulani herdsmen in the state
for proper planning, control and security
purposes.
The call was made during Wednesday plenary
as solution to solve herdsmen attacks.
This was following a motion moved by the
Majority Leader, Bello Abdullahi-Balogun (APC-
Ajaokuta).
Abdullahi-Balogun said “The state has to
ensure the security of people and property as a
result of the influx of the Fulani herdsmen in
large number to the state.
“There is also the need for the government to
embark on head count of the herdsmen
residents in the state.”
He, therefore, called on the state government,
the local government administrators and the
Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs to embark on biometric data capturing
of herdsmen in the state.
Seconding the motion, Ahmed Mohammed
(APC-Ankpa I) said the biometric data
capturing would really help in checking the
farmers/herdsmen hostilities.
“A lot of people had taken advantage of the
Fulani herdsmen/farmers clashes to perpetrate
evil but with this technology, we will be able to
know the Fulanis in our midst, especially now
that our government is making the state a
home for all,” he said.
Supporting the motion, Hassan Abdullahi (APC-
Dekina II) and Oluwatoyin Lawal (PDP-Yagba
West) said the motion was timely in view of
insecurities.
Ruling on the motion, Speaker Matthew
Kolawole said that with the biometric data
capturing of the Fulanis from village to village,
excesses of those destroying crops and those
involved in robbery would be checked.
Kolawole said the head count had nothing to
do with colony or ranch but the need to know
those coming into the state.
The motion, thereafter, was adopted following
majority voice votes.