Assessing the Role of Peaceful Co-Existence Committee (PCC) in the Management of Farmers/Nomadic Herders Conflict in Nigeria
- February 26, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue II, February 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Bassey Moses Igwe
Research Fellow, (M.A) Peace and Conflcit Studies, The Nigerian Institute Of Social And Economic Research Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Abstract: – The conflict management approach of Peaceful Co-existence Committee (PCC) set up in all the local government areas of Oyo state is pertinent and exemplary to the realization of the important goal of achieving peace, food secured country and achievement of sustainable agricultural development policy in the country. The study examined role of Peaceful Co-existence Committee (PCC) in preventing farmer-herders conflicts in Iseyin local government area of Oke-ogun zone, Oyo state South/west Nigeria. A total of 55 respondents (31 farmers and 24 herders) were selected using a purposive sampling technique. The researcher also conducted Four Key Informant Interview (KII) on: the local government chairman, Director of Agriculture for Iseyin Local Government, chairman of Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN). Data were analysed by descriptive statistics. The findings from the study revealed that the damage to crops, cattle rustling, climatic change leading to desertification and drought in the north, water pollution, competition for arable land among others were the main causes of farmer-herder conflicts. However, the measures used by the PCC in managing the conflict were not effective enough probably because local government in the Nigerian state is constitutionally weak. The study recommended that grazing reserves should be made available to herders in the north to discourage them from moving south/ward. There should also be a strong political will on the part of the federal, state and local government to address farmers and herder conflict and finally, the local government should have chairman elected and not care-taker chairmen whose power are very limited.
Keywords: Conflicts, PCC, Iseyin, Farmers, Herders, Government
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