Open grazing: Diri dares Buhari

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…Says,”we will not revive Grazing Routes”

 

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has said that the state will not revive any grazing routes in order to prevent violence between herders and farmers

Recently in an exclusive interview by Arise TV, President Muhammadu Buhari said he had ordered the Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami to dig into the gazette of the 1st Republic when people were obeying laws with rearing of cattle.

According to the president, Abubakar Malami, had begun the process of recovering land from persons who have converted cattle grazing routes for their personal use.

Reacting to the directive on Saturday, the governor said the state would not consider such an idea after prohibiting open grazing.

He maintained that his government could not afford to expose its citizens to the looming dangers associated with open grazing.

He said: “For us, there are no cattle grazing routes in Bayelsa State.

“Our people are traditionally and occupationally fishermen. The idea of cattle grazing routes in Bayelsa is very strange to us in this part of the country.

“There may be cattle grazing routes in the North but what is applicable in the North may not be applicable to us in the South”

“I don’t want to believe we are running a unitary system of government,” he said.

He added that his administration’s urban regeneration program, along with other projects and policies, was part of a larger effort to make the state more appealing to investors.

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