The former vice chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Daniel Uza, has expressed worry that the herders and farmers crisis in Benue was being politicised.

Mr Uza stated this during the investiture of Andrew Amine as the eighth state chairman of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) on Saturday in Makurdi.

The don said most people who could proffer solutions to the menace are scared of talking so that they would not be viewed as taking sides because the issue had been politicised.

According to him, veterinary doctors have the real solution to the crisis, but they will offer it only when the authorities approach them for professional advice.

He noted that 60 to 75 per cent of diseases affecting human beings had their origin from animals.

Mr Uza, therefore, advised veterinary doctors to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to protect both human beings and animals.

Speaking earlier, Mr Amine called on stakeholders both in veterinary and human medicine to collaborate  to achieve one health for humans and animals.

Meanwhile, Joshua Abuku, a former chairman of NVMA in Benue, expressed disappointment over veterinary doctors’ silence on the lingering crisis between herders and farmers in the state.

Mr Abuku urged them to interact with the stakeholders so that they could proffer solutions and bring an end to the protracted crisis.

Also, speaking at the event, the wife of Benue speaker, Cynthia Dajoh, expressed confidence in the ability of Amine to deliver.

According to Ms Dajoh, the new NVMA chairman has a very bright future ahead of him and will soar higher and higher. 

(NAN)