1000 missing Cows: Nassara State Govt. Sets up Cow Finding Committee.

In order to recover 1000 missing cows some communities in his state, Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State

has announced the establishment of a committee to work for the recovery of over 10,000 cows that got missing during the recent communal crisis in the state. He announced this during a meeting with leaders of the Fulani ethnic group in the state at his private residence in Lafia. Al-Makura said that the committee would be saddled with the responsibility of recovering all the missing cows across the state. It would be recalled that some parts of the state, particularly Nasarawa South Senatorial District, have been enmeshed in communal crisis since June last year. In the crisis, many people were killed, property worth several millions of naira were destroyed, while thousands of cows got missing. Al-Makura assured the leadership of the Fulani group that the committee would handle the assignment efficiently, adding that the necessary logistics would be given to the committee to make its assignment easier. He said that members of the committee included soldiers, policemen, members of the State Security Service (SSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), as well as some state government officials. ``The committee will visit every nook and cranny of the state to ensure that all the missing cows are found,’’ he stressed. Besides, Al-Makura announced that 200 of the missing cows, which had been recovered at Kwandare, were currently under the custody of the traditional ruler of that area. He urged the Fulani leaders to supervise the herdsmen during their visit to Kwandare to identify their cows.