The governors of the South-West have banned open grazing following recent clash between locals and herders.
Herdsman
Open grazing has been banned in the South West.
This was announced by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Twitter on Monday as he shared photos from the security meeting South West governors held in Ondo with Miyetti Allah yesterday and the resolution reached.
He wrote:
Today, the SW governors held a security stakeholders’ meeting in Ondo State. The meeting was attended by our brother governors from Kebbi and Jigawa States; security chiefs, SW 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.