Tag: Open Grazing
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Open grazing ban: You will be wasting precious time if you think presidency will act on your resolutions, Falana tells Southern Governors
Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has commended the southern governors for banning open grazing in the 17 southern states of the country. Falana, who spoke during a monitored Channels Television interview on Wednesday asked the governors to back their ban on open grazing with a legal instrument to…
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Why Southern Governors banned open grazing – Akeredolu
Chairman of the Southern Governor’s Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, has explained why the group placed a ban on open grazing of cows into and within the region. The governors had earlier in a communique jointly signed by all called for a national dialogue and also announced that a ban has been placed on open grazing in…
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Umahi orders vigilantes to enforce open grazing ban in Ebonyi
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered vigilantes and the Local Government Areas leadership to immediately enforce the ban on open grazing across the state. Umahi gave the order in Abakaliki while briefing newsmen at the end of the state security council meeting attended by heads of security agencies and council chairmen. The governor said…
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Bayelsa bans open grazing, to arrest armed herders
Bayelsa Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state. Gov. Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 on Wednesday at the Executive Chamber of Government House, Yenagoa. He said the essence of the law was to ensure harmonious living between cattle dealers and other…
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Herdsmen/farmers’ clashes: Give us ranches, we’re tired of open grazing – Miyetti Allah tells Ondo Government
Miyetti Allah Breeders Association of Nigeria says it is tired of open grazing in Ondo State, calling on government to make provision for ranches as a way of putting an end to frequent herdsmen/farmers’ crises. The Chairman of the association in the state, Alhaji Bello Garba, stated this on Wednesday in Akure. Garba was speaking…
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Southwest governors, traditional rulers say FG must end open grazing
South-west governors in Nigeria on Saturday met with its traditional rulers to demand the need for both state governments and the Federal Government to end open grazing. The support, according to the governors, could come in the form of government establishing designated grazing areas, setting up feeding mills among others. The chairman, Southwest governors forum,…
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FCTA bans open grazing in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has prohibited open grazing of cattle in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Administration said it had communicated the directive to the leadership of the Fulani herdsmen in the FCT. The Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Hassan Abubakar who disclosed this stated that the one-month ultimatum issued to the pastoralists…
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Sign executive order to ban open grazing, senator begs Buhari
A member of the Senate representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Tolulope Odebiyi, has urged President, Muhammadu Buhari to take an immediate action against killer herdsmen in the country. Odebiyi made this known during plenary on Wednesday while lamenting the influx of criminal herdsmen into Nigeria from neighbouring countries. The senator said, “It is an indictment…
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Herdsmen activities: Reps move to criminalise open grazing
The House of Representatives has called for the criminalisation of open grazing as it affects the security of lives, property and food production in the country. This was sequel to a unanimous adoption of ”Urgent Motion of Public Importance” by Rep. Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) in the plenary on Thursday. Igbakpa said that Ethiope Federal Constituency…
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Reps move to criminalise open grazing over recurring threat to life
…condemn killing of 44 persons for rejecting grazing on their farms in Ethiope East …want NOA repositioned Apparently disturbed by incessant killings of innocent Nigerians, the House of Representatives on Thursday asked all the security agencies to ensure criminalization of open grazing considering the threat posed to citizens’ lives, property and food production, except where…