The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has stated that over 60,000 Nigerians have been killed as a result of the incessant famers-herders clash.

He also lamented that the clashes which were hitherto seen as a regional or a confined conflict have taken a new dimension as it has expanded and grown into a wider conflict beyond the borders of many West African countries.

Abbas stated this in an opening address at the stakeholders interactive session held by the House Ad-hoc Committee on the ‘Recurring Annual Clashes Between Farmers and Herders In Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State.

Represented by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, the speaker said it was because of its implications for the collective good of the nation that the House resolved to take a critical look into the causes, nature, dimensions, actors, impact, and possible solution to the nagging national challenge.