ENUGU — Enugu State has joined the league of states in the southern region of Nigeria that has complied with the resolution of Southern Governors to pass the open grazing bill a day after the deadline; Southern Governors agreed in Lagos to domesticate the bill in states on or before 1st day of September 2021. On Thursday 2nd September, the bill for a law to prohibit open grazing and regulate cattle ranching and for connected...

Despite the widely acknowledged stance of southern governors on open grazing of cattle in the region and a five days’ notice of a public hearing on the bill, the Gan-Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, GAFDAN, has posited that 30 days be given them for the group to come up with a position. Presenting their position before the joint committees on Agriculture, Youth and Security matters and Judiciary, Public Petitions, Ethics and Privileges at the...

Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to review grazing reserves across the country as unconstitutional. According to the governor, the president’s position on open grazing is disturbing especially considering that most state governors have agreed that ranching is a better way to resolve insecurity. Buhari had approved the recommendations of a committee to review 368 grazing reserves across 25 states in the country. A development that has been met with...