The minister made the call at a
security meeting with President Muhammadu on Tuesday.
He said there was need to
negotiate safe routes for the herders.
“The need to employ other
channels with the affected states to reduce tension by suspending the
implementation of the anti-open grazing law while also negotiating safe routes
for the herders,” Gusau, spokesman of the minister, quoted Dan-Ali as saying.
But in a series of tweets on
Tuesday, Fayose wondered why it is difficult for the federal government to
support cattle ranching.
The governor said the federal
government should be concerned with finding a way of taking the herdsmen out of
the bush in view of giving them a better a better life through ranching.
“Call by the FG through the minister
of defence, Dan-Ali that states should suspend implementation of the
anti-grazing law is an affront on federalism that is practised in Nigeria. It
is amazing that at the level of the presidency, they still see states as
appendages of the FG,” he tweeted.
“January this year, the minister
of defence blamed passage of anti-grazing law in some states as the cause of
killings by herdsmen. Today, he is still singing the same song. Is there
something to this old system of nomadic cattle rearing that they are not
telling Nigerians?
“Why is @MBuhari not rearing his
cows through open grazing? Why is it so difficult for the FG to support cattle
ranching? Here in Ekiti, the anti-open grazing law stays. It is the presidency
that should stop looking the other way while herdsmen go about killing
Nigerians.
“Me thinks the Presidency should
be concerned about how to take the herdsmen out of the bush and give them
decent life by embracing cattle ranching. How can anyone be pleased subjecting
his own people to a life of following cows through the bush from Yobe to
Lagos?”
Call by the FG through the Minister of Defense, Dan-Ali that States should suspend implementation of the anti-grazing law is an affront on Federalism that is practiced in Nigeria. It is amazing that at the level of the presidency, they still see states as appendages of the FG— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) June 5, 2018
January this year, the Minister of Defense blamed passage of anti-grazing law in some states as the cause of killings by herdsmen. Today, he is still singing the same song. Is there something to this old system of nomadic cattle rearing that they are not telling Nigerians?— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) June 5, 2018
Why is @MBuhari not rearing his cows through open grazing? Why is it so difficult for the FG to support cattle ranching?— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) June 5, 2018
Here in Ekiti, the Anti Open Grazing law stays. It is the Presidency that should stop looking the other way while herdsmen go about killing Nigerians.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayMethinks the Presidency should be concerned about how to take the herdsmen out of the bush and give them decent life by embracing cattle ranching. How can anyone be pleased subjecting his own people to a life of following cows through the bush from Yobe to Lagos?— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) June 5, 2018
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