{"id":9403,"date":"2021-09-16T12:38:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T11:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=9403"},"modified":"2022-05-05T14:52:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T13:52:48","slug":"how-true-is-bagudus-claim-cattle-ranches-elsewhere-are-bigger-than-some-nigerian-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/how-true-is-bagudus-claim-cattle-ranches-elsewhere-are-bigger-than-some-nigerian-states\/","title":{"rendered":"How true is Bagudu’s claim cattle ranches elsewhere are bigger than some Nigerian states?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: The Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Badugu, said some countries have ranches that are bigger than some states in Nigeria.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The governor’s claim is true. There are ranches that are as big as 24, 000km\u00b2 in Australia — which is far bigger than Lagos with 3,671km\u00b2 and some other Nigerian states.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The farmers-herders crisis in Nigeria is an issue of growing concern among stakeholders across the country. These lingering clashes, which have claimed several lives and displaced others, have made the government start thinking of initiatives to address the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a 2018 report<\/strong> <\/a>by Reliefweb, violence between Nigerian herders and farmers has escalated, killing more than 1,300 people since January of the same year. The figures are believed to have increased since then as the media is now awash with daily reports of deaths arising from such clashes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Benue State alone, it is estimated<\/strong> <\/a>that over 2,000 people have been killed and over 1.5 million people are in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the state, following the sustained clashes between farmers and herders between 2017 and 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The farmer-herder conflict is said to have contributed largely to the displacement of millions of Nigerians in the central, north-central, and northwest regions of the country. A recent report<\/strong> <\/a>by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center says IDPs across the country is 2,730,000 though not all are attributed to the herders-farmers crisis. It is also said to have sharpened ethnic, regional and religious polarisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a bid to curb this menace, President Muhammadu Buhari had recently ordered a committee to review 368 grazing sites across 25 states in the country to determine the levels of encroachment but this was met with stiff resistance in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While explaining the situation, the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Badugu, said some countries of the world have ranches that are bigger<\/strong> <\/a>than some states in Nigeria. He made the statement when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bagudu, who was speaking on the persistent issues of farmer-herders clash in Nigeria, said mapping out grazing routes will help to identify the scale of the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the president\u2019s directive does not preclude the idea of ranching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was quoted as saying, \u201cThe committee is to identify grazing routes and work with states and map them. It is not to recover grazing routes, it is to identify the scale of the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr President is interested in an audit of grazing reserves. It is a voluntary and collaborative thing with the states. People say we have spoken about ranching. Yes, but what is a ranch? Ranching does not take place in the air, it takes place on a piece of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRanches are as big as grazing reserves. In some countries like Australia, some ranches are bigger than some Nigerian states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo how do you know what\u2019s available, what can be supported to host those roving, herding communities who need help to modernise?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa ran a check on the landmass of Nigeria as a whole. According to the World Bank<\/a> collection of development indicators, land area (sq. km) in Nigeria was reported at 910770 sq. Km in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Nigeria High Commission, UK specified <\/a>that the Area Total was 923,770 km2 while the Area Land was 910,770 with a coastline of 853 km.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country is divided into 36 States of the federation with the least (in terms of landmass) being Lagos at 3,671km\u00b2 followed by Anambra at 4,865 km\u00b2; Abia State has a landmass of 4,900 km\u00b2; Imo State spans across 5,288 km\u00b2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other states’ landmass is as follows: Ekiti: 5,435km\u00b2; Ebonyi: 6,400km\u00b2; Akwa Ibom: 6,900km\u00b2 while 12 other states of the federation are within 7, 534km\u00b2 and 23, 561km\u00b2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report <\/a>quoted the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the area of the Nigerian states<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the area of the Nigerian states<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa researched further and discovered that one of the cattle ranches (station) in Australia, referred to as the world\u2019s biggest cattle ranch,<\/a> Anna Creek Station, covers 23,677 square kilometres (9,142 square miles) of arid central Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From further research, it was discovered that Clifton Hills <\/a>is considered to be the world’s second-largest farming property with more than 16,500 square kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australia has been said to be the world’s <\/a>third-largest exporter of beef – selling more than 1.5 million tonnes a year of red meat – according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country is recognised as a leading long-haul exporter of live cattle globally, with trade links to supply chains in South-East Asia and the\u00a0 Middle East, although a report <\/a>said Australia produces only 4% of global beef.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are ranches in some countries of the world that are larger than some states in Nigeria as claimed by Bagudu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researcher produced this fact-check per the Dubawa 2021 Kwame KariKari Fellowship partnership with SaharaReporters<\/a> to facilitate the ethos of \u201ctruth\u201d in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: The Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Badugu, said some countries have ranches that are bigger than some states in Nigeria. The governor’s claim is true. There are ranches that are as big as 24, 000km\u00b2 in Australia — which is far bigger than Lagos with 3,671km\u00b2 and some other Nigerian states. Full Text The farmers-herders crisis in Nigeria is an issue of growing concern among stakeholders across the country. These lingering clashes, which have claimed several lives and displaced others, have made the government start thinking of initiatives to address the situation.  In a 2018 report by Reliefweb, violence between Nigerian herders and farmers has escalated, killing more than 1,300 people since January of the same year. The figures are believed to have increased since then as the media is now awash with daily reports of deaths arising from such clashes.\u00a0 For Benue State alone, it is estimated that over 2,000 people have been killed and over 1.5 million people are in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the state, following the sustained clashes between farmers and herders between 2017 and 2021. The farmer-herder conflict is said to have contributed largely to the displacement of millions of Nigerians in the central, north-central, and northwest regions of the country. A recent report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center says IDPs across the country is 2,730,000 though not all are attributed to the herders-farmers crisis. It is also said to have sharpened ethnic, regional and religious polarisation. In a bid to curb this menace, President Muhammadu Buhari had recently ordered a committee to review 368 grazing sites across 25 states in the country to determine the levels of encroachment but this was met with stiff resistance in some parts of the country. While explaining the situation, the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Badugu, said some countries of the world have ranches that are bigger than some states in Nigeria. He made the statement when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television.\u00a0 Bagudu, who was speaking on the persistent issues of farmer-herders clash in Nigeria, said mapping out grazing routes will help to identify the scale of the crisis. He said the president\u2019s directive does not preclude the idea of ranching. He was quoted as saying, \u201cThe committee is to identify grazing routes and work with states and map them. It is not to recover grazing routes, it is to identify the scale of the problem.\u201d \u201cMr President is interested in an audit of grazing reserves. It is a voluntary and collaborative thing with the states. People say we have spoken about ranching. Yes, but what is a ranch? Ranching does not take place in the air, it takes place on a piece of land. \u201cRanches are as big as grazing reserves. In some countries like Australia, some ranches are bigger than some Nigerian states. \u201cSo how do you know what\u2019s available, what can be supported to host those roving, herding communities who need help to modernise?\u201d Verification Dubawa ran a check on the landmass of Nigeria as a whole. According to the World Bank collection of development indicators, land area (sq. km) in Nigeria was reported at 910770 sq. Km in 2018. Meanwhile, the Nigeria High Commission, UK specified that the Area Total was 923,770 km2 while the Area Land was 910,770 with a coastline of 853 km.\u00a0 The country is divided into 36 States of the federation with the least (in terms of landmass) being Lagos at 3,671km\u00b2 followed by Anambra at 4,865 km\u00b2; Abia State has a landmass of 4,900 km\u00b2; Imo State spans across 5,288 km\u00b2.  Other states’ landmass is as follows: Ekiti: 5,435km\u00b2; Ebonyi: 6,400km\u00b2; Akwa Ibom: 6,900km\u00b2 while 12 other states of the federation are within 7, 534km\u00b2 and 23, 561km\u00b2.  The report quoted the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET).\u00a0 Screenshot of the area of the Nigerian states Dubawa researched further and discovered that one of the cattle ranches (station) in Australia, referred to as the world\u2019s biggest cattle ranch, Anna Creek Station, covers 23,677 square kilometres (9,142 square miles) of arid central Australia.\u00a0 From further research, it was discovered that Clifton Hills is considered to be the world’s second-largest farming property with more than 16,500 square kilometres. Australia has been said to be the world’s third-largest exporter of beef – selling more than 1.5 million tonnes a year of red meat – according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The country is recognised as a leading long-haul exporter of live cattle globally, with trade links to supply chains in South-East Asia and the\u00a0 Middle East, although a report said Australia produces only 4% of global beef.\u00a0 Conclusion There are ranches in some countries of the world that are larger than some states in Nigeria as claimed by Bagudu. The researcher produced this fact-check per the Dubawa 2021 Kwame KariKari Fellowship partnership with SaharaReporters to facilitate the ethos of \u201ctruth\u201d in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,4],"tags":[2507,2509,2508,2016,60],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[1920],"class_list":["post-9403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-featured","tag-atiku-badugu","tag-australia","tag-cattle-ranch","tag-kebbi","tag-nigeria"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-2rF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1920,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"elizabeth-ogunbamowo","display_name":"Elizabeth Ogunbamowo","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7043a07f4ff292637cb75d13c8340fa9afb2ec87eceec4eedd980077c8bfd304?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cattle-ranch-nigeria.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11439,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9403\/revisions\/11439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9403"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=9403"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=9403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}