ABUJA: THE GRAZING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

I am always shell shocked anytime I visit Abuja. From the airport to my hotel, apart from the lush beautiful landscape inundated with hills and green landscape, all I see is cattle grazing and I start to wonder if Abuja is one big farm.

Abuja is supposed to be the iconic Nigerian capital built from scratch which is supposed to be a model to other African capitals. I keep scratching my head about the cattle everywhere.

I am shocked by the fact that the bovine flock are so much that they now encroach farms and enter into estates. Some estate residents in Abuja, now complain about the reign of cattle in the capital city and the shocking part is, there is hardly anything they can do about it. Sometimes I wonder if the FCT minister is aware of the extent of grazing sites in Abuja. Sometimes I wonder if Abuja was part of the grazing route historically debated.

I honestly call on the authorities to save Abuja, and make our capital look beautiful again.

A stitch in time saves Nine!

Rufai Oseni, rufaioseni@gmail.com