The Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, on
Wednesday, called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to
jettison the idea of reopening grazing routes in Nigeria.
Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, said
the move should be jettisoned because there is no law backing such.
Buhari had thrown his weight behind open grazing in Nigeria.
In an interview with Arise Television, the president had expressed the hope of reopening grazing routes across the country.
The president had said he would direct the Attorney General
of the Federation, Abubakar Malami to dig up the gazette of the First Republic
which backed grazing routes.
But, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public
Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru had insisted that there was no such law.
However, Ajayi said Basiru’s remark was in tandem with the
stance of Afenifere which friend against grazing routes in Nigeria.
Ajayi, in a statement said: “It is quite gladdening that a
lawmaker, a Senator will tell us what the position of the law is. For him to
say that there is no such law is quite gladdening but our position in Afenifere
is that if there were such a law, we will want to know when it was promulgated
and to what extent it should cover.
“In any case, such a law will be obsolete and it will not be
binding. For the senator to tell us that there is no such law, it is in tandem
with our position.
“The Federal Government should forget the idea about
reopening any grazing route.”
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