Bayelsa has enacted a law prohibiting the open grazing of livestock in the state and establishment of ranching

Governor Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Yenagoa.

His words: “Bayelsa State welcomes all and sundry to eke out a living legitimately. The people of Bayelsa want to have a mutual and harmonious relationship with non-natives and natives.

“The essence of the law is to avert and forestall any clash between herdsmen, farmers, natives and non-natives as experienced in some states.”

The law, according to him, stipulates that any herdsman found with arms, whether licenced or not, should be arrested.

The law prohibits the movement of cattle on foot from other parts of the country into the state, inspection of livestock and certification by veterinary doctors at entry points into the state among others.

Diri said by assenting to the law any person found engaging in open grazing of livestock on foot commits an offence and would be arrested and prosecuted with the livestock impounded.

The Governor also signed into law the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law 2021.

He explained that the law was to prevent certain harmful practices against women and children.

He said with its enactment, Bayelsa has domesticated the federal law, which had been in existence.

donbachi:
Make dem give dem nembe sea to reclaim and his it for grazing.

thatsleepboy1:
Na so e suppose be na cos cow na personal business no be national business.

banmee:
This is what happens when you don't plan as a country. The concept of growing what these cows eat seem alien to Nigeria which is why the government never planned for it. Normal countries assist farmers in growing hay so that problems like this does not occur. Not in Nigeria though. They are turning what is supposed to be a minor and solvable issue into world war 3.

InvertedHammer:
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I like those who think this issue is about ranching. We have poultry farms, snail farms and fish ponds. At what point did cattle and cows become the most important of all to warrant this much attention to the point that the government of the day is willing to expend money on private enterprises?

It is about land grabbing. The Fulani people are historically unfriendly guests. Those who sacrifice their lands today will cry tomorrow. Everywhere in the world, governments destroy criminals. No pampering, no negotiations. But in Nigeria the reverse is the case and the moronic citizens are making excuses for a colluding government.

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post=99784403:
Ranching is the way to go.

The two parties involved will profit and benefit from it.

God bless Nigeria.

banmee:
This is what happens when you don't plan as a country. The concept of growing what these cows eat seem alien to Nigeria which is why the government never planned for it. Normal countries assist farmers in growing hay so that problems like this does not occur. Not in Nigeria though. They are turning what is supposed to be a minor and solvable issue into world war 3.

post=99784403:
Ranching is the way to go.

The two parties involved will profit and benefit from it.

God bless Nigeria.