THE planners and  controllers of the Nigerian economy will proudly tell anyone who cares to listen that the Nigerian economy is the preferred destination of investors from different parts of the world.This is in spite of the fact, that we are a nation in war.

Presently, the Boko Haram terrorists are fighting to take over another territory in Adamawa State, in addition to Gwoza, an area of Borno State where their flag is still flying, whilr they unleash inhuman wickedness  on poor, innocent Nigerians in that area.

The surprise is that  some political stakeholders from the North, including the North East, are busy jostling for power in 2015, hoping to use insecurity to capture our votes.

They seem to be carried away by the frenzy of the 2015 elections, when there is war in their back yard. How unfortunate! With the growing suspicion that that some  politicians are the major sponsors of the Boko Haram,     political office seekers for 2015, should actually distance themselves from using insecurity as a campaign issue.

The thinking in some quarters is that they instigatedthe problem in other to wrestle power from President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, in particular, and the South of Nigeria in general. Should a man prosper and profit from his own blunders? No! Presidential aspirants for 2015 should start proffering solutions to the war in the North East as a proof that they  desire to rule a peaceful Nigeria.

Well, the real or fake Shekau is now dead. And while we wait for the death of the next in command or many more of their leaders, in agreement with the Holy Scriptures, that when you strike the Sheppard, the flock will scatter, our forces must do more to end the killings of the innocent by these mindless blood-thirsty animals, called Boko Haram.

The Nigerian military has done well in spite of saboteurs. GEJ has vowed to flush the Haramites and we prayerfully support and believe him. It is all about the North and one Nigeria.

One of the very vital agricultural products from the North is cow meat, Nigeria’s key source of animal protein. The cow from the North is called Nnama.  About  40 years ago, we had other species of cows from other parts of the country. In the South East, for example, we had the local Ehi which helped in the provision of animal protein during the Biafran civil war period.

Ehi was reputed by research to be a hardy, strong animal, and an efficient protein converter. A hybrid of the Ehi and Nnama from the North would have given us a typical Nigerian cow, but today, research and deliberate government policies have made other local species extinct, while preserving and elevating the cow from the North.

However, the same  attitude of some Northern politicians of ‘you must take it as we want it’, have prevailed in the production and distribution of the cows, such that cows have become a challenge to the safety of  Nigerians.

The real herdsmen of these cows are Fulanis from the North who are   usually simple minded, humble fellows. But over time, they have been infiltrated and learnt how to carry AK 47 rifles which they use in killing and destroying villages in the North and her environs. The insurgents even tried to use them to export terrorism to the South-South and the South East areas of Nigeria. Today the name ‘Fulani herdsmen’ conjure up horror in the minds of those who have read about or witnessed the destructions and killings by these men around the nation, be it in  Plateau, Bauchi or Benue state, to name a few.

Also, the herdsmen and their flock have become health hazards for road users and commuters, even in metropolitan cities across the nation, including Lagos and Abuja. For example, in the month of June, I was seated in the front seat of a bus belonging to one of the major road transport companies in Nigeria, heading to Abuja from Festac Town in Lagos.

In order to avoid the early morning traffic jam at Mile 2, the driver took the Okota route to connect the International Airport Road in Ajao Estate, then Oshodi to the Ibadan express way. But between Okota and Ajao Estate, we ran into this flock of cows, right on the road, and it was drizzling and foggy that  morning.

One huge cow had either gone mad, angry, sick, or something, and was just roaring and running towards us!  Our driver started swerving left to right of the road in an attempt to scare the wild animal out of our way, but it kept coming! Luckily no other vehicle was on the road at that time.

People started shouting all sorts of prayers; some pleaded blood of Jesus, others kept screaming. The animal suddenly noticed us, jumped off the road and crashed into the gutter! We parked to thank God, just as the poor herdsman came tottering after the cow, muttering absolute jargons and nonsense. We were about 16 persons in that bus, including the driver.

Imagine what could have happened if the driver panicked and we fell into the gutter. That Same week, a known Fulani Professor and politician was quoted in the Sunday Vanguard, justifying the Fulani herdsmen, and I just wondered why with all our knowledge, and at 54 as a nation, we cannot control cows!

Cows have caused several accidents that claimed lives on our roads, yet nothing has been done about them. Last week in Abuja, a friend escaped accident near Asokoro District because some cows were crossing the road  and the herdsmen tried to protect the younger ones from oncoming vehicles by standing at the center of the road, wielding his sword! You can run into cows anywhere in this country, and the question remains, why can’t Nigeria control cows?