Group calls for urgent implementation of structured ranching reform The Youths Against Disaster Initiative (YADI) has called for the urgent implementation of a comprehensive and structured ranching reform, describing it as a strategic pathway to economic transformation, food security, and enhanced national stability. Addressing journalists on behalf of the group, Farouk Bala said Nigeria’s long-standing open grazing system has remained a major trigger of violent conflicts between farmers and pastoralists, with devastating human and economic consequences. Citing findings referenced by the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), YADI noted that data from the Nigerian Security Tracker (2024) indicated that between 2018 and 2023, about 3,000 people were killed in farmer-herder clashes across...