Southwest Govs Ban Open Grazing

All forms of open grazing by cattle are to be banned in the Southwest geopolitical zone, governors from the region resolved on Monday at the end of a meeting with Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State disclosed the resolution on his twitter handle following the end of the meeting with officials.

Present at the meeting were Governors Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Mohammed Abubakar of Jigawa State, and Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State.

Disclosing the resolution at the end of the meeting Governor Makinde said:

“Today, the South West governors held a security stakeholders’ meeting in Ondo State. The meeting was attended by our brother governors from Kebbi and Jigawa States; security chiefs, South West zone led by the AIG Zone 11 and leaders from the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria.

“Collectively, we resolved to ban open grazing in all parts of the South-West. In Oyo State, we already have a law against open grazing which will continue to be implemented by our security agencies.

“I restated that we will not permit criminality as a response to criminal actions. Instead we will continue to support our security agencies to do their duties. Also, we will work with our people to face our common enemies – the criminals; kidnappers, armed robbers and bandits.”

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