Osun State Government says it will begin massive enumeration and headcount of migrants to strengthen cordial relationship and peaceful co-existence between herders and farmers in the state.
Chairman of the State Committee on Peaceful Co-existence, Mudasiru Toogun, disclosed this on Thursday after a meeting by the committee with Fulani heads and other stakeholders in Osogbo, Osun State capital.
Toogun said the decision was necessary as part of efforts to update the statistics and data of immigrants living in the state.
He said the initiative would help to determine the population of the immigrants so as to prevent any form of security threat that may arise from an unchecked influx of migrants.
The chairman noted that the initiative would further help to give the government an insight into necessary infrastructural facilities to be done to support the Fulani and Bororo immigrants living in the state.
The Seriki Fulani in the state, Ibrahim Babatunde, assured the government of total compliance with relevant rules capable of sustaining the bond of unity existing between them and Yoruba crop farmers.
He sought further support from the government, noting that his people would continue to live and relate peacefully with the people of their host communities.
