{"id":44086,"date":"2021-05-25T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44086"},"modified":"2021-05-25T14:34:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:34:31","slug":"governors-ban-on-open-grazing-illegal-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44086","title":{"rendered":"Governors\u2019 ban on open grazing illegal \u2013 Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Presidency on Monday described as illegal, the recent ban on open grazing by the Southern Governors\u2019 Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governors had on May 11 banned open grazing and movement of cattle in a bid to check clashes between farmers and the herdsmen in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a meeting held in Asaba, Delta State, the governors also demanded the devolution of power to the federating units and state police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, who reacted to the development in a statement in Abuja, said the governors\u2019 ban on open grazing has a \u201cquestionable legality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shehu stressed that the resolutions offered no solution to the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a number of measures aimed at ending the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThe President had approved a number of specific measures to bring a permanent end to the frequent skirmishes as recommended by the Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanno, in a report he submitted and the President signed off on it back in April well before the actions of the Southern Governors\u2019 Forum which attempts to place a ban on open grazing and other acts of politicking intended by its signatories to demonstrate their power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is very clear that there was no solution offered from their resolutions to the herder-farmer clashes that have been continuing in our country for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut the citizens of the southern states \u2013 indeed citizens of all states of Nigeria \u2013 have a right to expect their elected leaders and representatives to find answers to challenges of governance and rights, and not to wash their hands off hard choices by, instead, issuing bans that say: \u2018not in my state.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is equally true that their announcement is of questionable legality, given the Constitutional right of all Nigerians to enjoy the same rights and freedoms within every one of our 36 states (and FCT) -regardless of the state of their birth or residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFortunately, this declaration has been preempted, for whatever it is intended to achieve and Mr. President, who has rightly been worried about these problems more than any other citizen in consultation with farmers and herders alike, commissioned and approved an actionable plan of rehabilitating grazing reserves in the states, starting with those that are truly committed to the solution and compliant with stated requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith veterinary clinics, water points for animals, and facilities for herders and their families including schooling \u2013 through these rehabilitated reserves, the Federal Government is making far-reaching and practical changes allowing for different communities to co-exist side-by-side: supporting farmers to till their fields, herders to rear their livestock, and Nigerians everywhere to be safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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