Afrobeats singer Timaya has expressed concern about the severe devastation of vegetation and farmlands by herders in his home state of Bayelsa. The musician took to his X page to urge the government to take prompt action to remedy the situation, expressing his deep regret over the loss of priceless farmland.
Timaya also took use of the chance to speak out against open grazing, pushing the herders responsible for the devastation to embrace more modern and sustainable techniques by ranching their cattle. On his page, he wrote... "Please, the government should do something. They're destroying farmland in Bayelsa. Aboki, take your cow inside and feed it. This is very sad."
Reactions have followed …
@uchebakaadi said: “Using ethnic slur unfortunate. All “Aboki” r not herdsmen, Fulani more apt. No ethic has monopoly of slurs. Fulani tagged today replaced Ndigbo in ethnic abuse stakes. Soon it will b urs. As a celeb u ought to do beta. PHD (Pull Him/Her Down) that we practice means none advance”
@brainzcode remarked: “But them call you for show you go dey sing 🎤 for them senior man, how e be now?
When they come for others, you go keep quiet, but now e don come your doorstep.
E no Dey sweet you again abi?”
@justtooblunt said: “Niger-Delta has seen it all. They have been robbed of everything.”
@Ikopima09 opined: “If you try to defend yourself or your farmland they’ll sentence you to life imprisonment”
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