Urge govt to make stiffer laws against environmental pollution – CAN, SULTAN

THE Nigeria Inter-religious Council, NIREC, under the joint leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, said yesterday that herdsmen and farmers crises in the country were linked to climate change.

It stated this in a press release signed on behalf of the two leading clerics by NIREC’s Executive Secretary, Fr. Prof Cornelius Omonokhua, in Abuja.

The Council noted that although it was clear that other issues contributed to the clashes between herders and farmers, a high percentage of the  menace had to do with poor vegetation caused by global warming.

“The clerics said, “Nigeria as a country is experiencing its own fair share of environmental pollution and global warming effects. The fact that Herdsmen and farmers are clashing over vegetation can be directly or indirectly linked to climate change.