Masari Opposes Buhari, Says Open Grazing Unislamic

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has backed the ban on open grazing by Southern governors saying the practice is ‘’un-Islamic’’. His stance is directly against the stance of President Muhammadu Buhari who has knocked the Southern governors on the ban against the culture of a people.

Speaking to newsmen ahead of preparations for his anniversary in office, Masari called for the building of infrastructure to build up ranches.

He said;

“This is something we have to do through development, provide necessary infrastructure that will make the herders not to move. Why should herders from Katsina move?

‘’The herders’ movement is essentially in search of two things: water and fodder. If we can provide these two items why should they move?

‘’This roaming about I don’t think. For us its un-Islamic and is not the best. It is part of the problem we are having today. I don’t support that we should continue with the way open grazing is’’.

Besides open grazing, Governor Masari also spoke on the agitation for devolution of power, said:

‘’I support devolution totally, the federal government is trying. But the states need to have resource to implement what should have been implemented by the Federal Government.

‘’If today the States will support the Police, the Police system will go up. If the states withdraw their support to security agencies, they won’t be able to move from here to there.

‘’So, I absolutely support devolution in totality. So as a Government of Katsina we should be allowed by the Constitution, within the Constitution to decide on many things that are peculiar to us.

‘’The Federal Government should have a benchmark and people should not operate beyond this mark. Lagos State is generating up toN4bn and something billion, while Katsina State is just generating N2bn.

“I expect with proper restructuring, states should own the reflective of what they earns from within their State.”

The remarks by Governor Masari on open grazing are bound to set off more reactions in the North

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