The south-west chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association (MACBAN) says it needs time to train its members on how to stop the
practice of open grazing.
Maikudi Usman, zonal secretary of south-west MACBAN, made
the plea on Wednesday at the public hearing of the Lagos state anti-open
grazing bill.
He said the members of the association need time to be
educated on “how they will be breeding cattle in one place and not transfer to
anybody’s land”.
“Our breeders are not used to breeding cattle in one place.
They move from here to another place. When we say we’ll keep cattle in one
place, the owner of the cattle will not have funds to feed the animals in one
place,” Usman said.
“They’ve already depended on going from one place to
another. Because in the rainy season time, we have where we settle down, and we
also have for the dry season.
“We are pleading with Lagos state government to give us time
to go tell our people and train them how they will be breeding cattle in one
place and not transfer to anybody’s land.
“But breeding in one place, right now, our people do not
have the power to do so. What you’re not used to, you have to be taught. And
gradually, everybody will understand.”
On Monday, the anti-open grazing bill passed the second
reading at the Lagos state house of assembly.
If the bill is passed, Lagos will be joining some other
states in the country’s southern region that have codified the prohibition of
open grazing into law.
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