Effect Of Farmer Herders Conflict In Nigeria

                                    Effect Of Farmer Herders Conflict In Nigeria

Attacks: Attacks have also taken place in the northwest Nigeria against farmers who are mainly Hausa. While the conflict has underlying economic and environmental reasons, it has also acquired religious and ethnic dimensions. Thousands of people have died since these attacks began. Sedentary farming rural communities are often target of attacks because of their vulnerability. Since the Fourth Nigerian Republic's founding in 1999, farmer-herder violence has killed more than 19,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more. Insecurity and violence have led many populations to create self-defence forces and ethnic and tribal militias, which have engaged in further violence.

Unavailability Of Food Supply: Three key factors are responsible for farmer-herder conflicts in the study areas, these are; killing of stray cattle, increase in population, raping and sexual 

Loss Of Family Members: For women, losing husbands or male relatives during such violence could mean losing access to land or livestock, when others grab land and property from them. Violent clashes also cause women and children to flee to displacement camps, exposing them to further risks of abuse.

Internal Displacement and Poverty: People from both communities face internal displacement and poverty as some farmers lose their lands for good and some nomadic herders are forced to migrate other regions because of local hostilities in their own communities. Some displaced farmers live in temporary camps and some live with host farmer communities, which puts a strain on host communities pockets. Farmers who seek refuge in other regions usually get very poor as they have no income to sustain themselves and their families (International Crisis Group, 2017).

5.Grazing rights dispute: 50 persons were killed on March, 20 2017 when the people of Zaki Biam in Benue State clashed with the herdsmen over the grazing space where Fulani herdsmen claimed belong to them and was not allowed to access it.

Possible unemployment: However, at the end of major wars, there is the danger that returning soldiers may struggle to find employment. After the Farmer Herders Conflict In Nigeria there was a major economic slump, and returning soldiers struggled to find jobs which had been replaced during the war.

Children Be coming Orphan War affects children in many of the same ways that it affects adults. There are, nonetheless, specific effects on children. Firstly, children’s access to the care, empathy, and attention of adults who love them is often restricted or non-existent. In times of war, the loss of parents, the separation from parents, the parents’ extreme preoccupation with protecting and finding subsistence for the family, and the emotional unavailability of depressed or distracted parents lead to significant and frequent disruption in their attachments. In some cases, children may be in substitute or temporary care with someone who has limited connections or familiarity with them (distant relatives or neighbours, an orphanage). Many war-affected children lose all adult protection and become in the refugee parlance “unaccompanied children.”