S’West Governors Agree To Ban Open Grazing- Makinde

Governors of the South-West have agreed to outlaw all forms of open grazing in the region.

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, disclosed this while announcing the resolution reached by the South-West government at a meeting held in Akure to profer solutions to herdsmen/farmer clashes.

He disclosed this on Twitter on Monday.

The decision was taken during the governors’ meeting with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria as well as security chiefs.

Some of the governors in attendance include the host governor, 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.

The tweets read, “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.”

Akeredolu had last Monday gave a seven day ultimatum to herdsmen in the forest reserves of the state to vacate the place .

The ultimatum expired today and the governors held a meeting to deliberate on the order in order to avert crisis that may result from enforcing the order.