{"id":43676,"date":"2021-05-14T08:58:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T08:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43676"},"modified":"2021-05-14T08:58:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T08:58:26","slug":"ortom-accuses-critics-of-ban-on-open-grazing-of-harboring-hidden-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43676","title":{"rendered":"Ortom accuses critics of ban on open grazing of harboring hidden agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has stated that any Nigerian who refuses to support the ban on open grazing harbors a hidden agenda against the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ortom<\/a> stated this via a statement at the Holy Ghost Parish Hall, Makurdi, on the occasion of the Media Week and Commu\u00adnications Day 2021, organised by the Catholic Diocese of Mak\u00adurdi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Benue State governor lauded the consensus on open grazing stating that it is crucial towards the development of the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNi\u00adgeria is a country with great potentials, which, ordinarily, should not be wallowing in poverty, if security for lives and property in the country were guaranteed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the peo\u00adple were allowed to stabilise in their localities to explore opportunities in farming and other ventures, Nigeria would be a great country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The argument on open grazing has raged on amongst political analysts who continually suggest that it is not in alignment with modern agricultural practices while eliminating the ever-present farmers-herders clashes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has stated that any Nigerian who refuses to support the ban on open grazing harbors a hidden agenda against the country. Ortom stated this via a statement at the Holy Ghost Parish Hall, Makurdi, on the occasion of the Media Week and Commu\u00adnications Day 2021, organised by the Catholic Diocese […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nOrtom accuses critics of ban on open grazing of harboring hidden agenda » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43676\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43676#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ortom accuses critics of ban on open grazing of harboring hidden agenda\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ortom accuses critics of ban on open grazing of harboring hidden agenda » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43676","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43676#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ortom accuses critics of ban on open grazing of harboring hidden agenda"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has stated that any Nigerian who refuses to support the ban on open grazing harbors a hidden agenda against the country. Ortom stated this via a statement at the Holy Ghost Parish Hall, Makurdi, on the occasion of the Media Week and Commu\u00adnications Day 2021, organised by the Catholic Diocese…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43676"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}