Chairman of Miyetti Allah in Kwara State, Malam Bello Abubakar yesterday appealed to the federal government to extend fuel subsidy removal palliatives to members of the association.
He made the appeal during a chat with newsmen in Ilorin, the state capital, saying that the herders were the most affected people during this period.
He equally urged the government to release food items from the nation’s reserve and sell them at subsidised rate to poor Nigerians.
Abubakar stated most of the herders have no bank accounts where they can easily access funds when in need.
He said whenever herdsmen take their livestock to the market for sale, transportation fares take a larger part of the money.
The chairman of Miyetti Allah also sought the government’s assistance for his members on the provision of vaccines to prevent the death of their livestock from strange diseases.
