Paper short abstract:

The authors of this paper being researchers and members of the Nigerians in diaspora intend to give an in-depth assessment of the various issues that are responsible for the recent herder-farmers conflicts and intervention of the Nigerians in diaspora towards resurrecting a peaceful co-existence.

Paper long abstract:

According to verifiable sources, there are more than 20 million Nigerians in the diaspora. This form a huge human capital which contributes meaningfully to the socio-economic development of their host countries but without breaking the strong ties with relatives at the home front. The communal way of life inherent in the sociocultural architecture of Nigeria people always give an impetus that stimulate the urge to cross-fertilize ideas and transfer outstanding innovations from abroad towards the development of the home country.

In recent years, there has been increasing cases of conflicts and civil unrest in the country. This came in different dimensions ranging from religion conflicts, farmer-herder clashes, inter-tribal war and natural resource control which frequently lead to loss of lives and properties, prominent among the rampaging issues is the herder-farmers frequent clashes. Many livestock researchers have attributed cause of these clashes to the failure of the government to legislate and approve the use of ranching as the best method for cattle grazing. However, the diaspora community designed various roadmaps to tackle the situation headlong and measures adopted include dialogue, provision of relief packages, donations, award of scholarships, formation of pressure groups, constructive criticisms and the use of ICT to pressurize the government at all levels.

Thus, the authors of this paper being researchers and members of the Nigerians in diaspora intend to give an in-depth assessment of the various issues that are responsible for the recent herder-farmers conflicts and intervention of the Nigerians in diaspora towards resurrecting a peaceful co-existence.