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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has said his administration will dialogue with bandits.<\/p>\n

This was as Bago said his administration had put in place a non-kinetic mechanism against bandits.<\/p>\n

Bago disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<\/p>\n

The Governor, however, vowed to activate military action if the non-kinetic approach fails.<\/p>\n

According to Bago: \u201cWe are looking at two options: first, non-kinetic, as a government, we have put in machinery to start talking to the bandits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also created a ministry for nomadic, and pastoral affairs to look at the issues of Fulani herdsmen.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou also need to understand that Niger State has the largest congregation of Fulani.<\/p>\n

\u201cNiger State is 8.3 million hectares of land with bodies of water, and the environment is very good for grazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of Fulani across the world, not just Africa, converge in Niger State, so we don\u2019t want them to leave, We don\u2019t want any major military activities, We want to talk to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if we don\u2019t get to that level of dialogue, then probably, we have to go fully military.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has said his administration will dialogue with bandits. This was as Bago said his administration had put in place a non-kinetic mechanism against bandits. Bago disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. 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