The Federal Government has lashed out on Governor Samuel Ortom after his recent comments about open grazing. Ortom had on the 21st of August said President Muhammadu Buhari has more sympathy for cows than for the countless people who are being killed due to his poor management of […]
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has warned President Buhari against his insistence on open grazing. Tambuwal who is now the Governor of his State of Sokoto said this at the 63rd birthday celebrations of Richard Akinnola, a journalist and lawyer. He […]
Gan Allah Fulani Development Association , another Pro-Fulani Group has warned against the ramifications of the ban on open grazing by Southern Governors. Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Group’s Secretary, said that the decision to ban open grazing by the Southern Governors Forum will only breed hatred between Southerners and […]
To address the incessant clashes between farmers and herders in the State, the Ogun State House of Assembly has passed the Animal Grazing Regulation and Cattle Ranch Establishment Bill 2020. The bill prescribes a three-year jail term for offenders and also mandates them to forfeit their cattle to […]
Chief Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, has joined other concerned Nigerians in condemning the Federal Government’s continued push to restore grazing routes for herders. Switch Nigeria reported how President Muhammadu Buhari had instructed his Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to begin the process of recovering grazing […]
Professor Wole Soyinka has termed ‘unfortunate’ President Muhammadu Buhari’s charge to Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation to begin recovering lands for Fulani herdsmen. The Nobel Laureate who said this on Arise TV on Monday, labelled as insensitive, the comments by the President, noting that the […]
Nigeria not Amongst Top Cattle Producing Nations in the World On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari insisted that according to some practices during the First Republic, herders have the constitutional right to continue practicing nomadic farming, which entails crisscrossing the length and breadth of Nigeria. The Federal Government under […]
Instructs Malami to Recover Lands used in the 1960’s for Herdsmen President Muhammadu Buhari has told the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami to commence the process of retrieving lands from those who have converted cattle grazing lands for personal use. He noted that this was the […]
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has hit out on President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Garba Shehu after the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President criticised the South West’s firm stand on open grazing. The Ondo State Governor who spoke through his aide, Doyin Odebowale, said Shehu lacks […]
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