Governor Bello Masari of Katsina
State has disagreed with the practice of open grazing, saying herdsmen ought to
learn to graze their cattle in one place.
Speaking in an interview on
Channels Television’s Politics Today, Governor Masari condemned the movement of
herders from one part of the country to another to graze their cattle.
He, however, supported the
opinion that the government ought to make provision for where animals would
stay before banning grazing.
He said, “We intend to have a law banning (cattle) roaming but before we do that, we would make provisions for where the animals would stay.”
Governor Masari added that it is
un-Islamic for herdsmen to have animals that they cannot feed but have to go to
other people’s land and farm, explaining that it is not right for such practice
to continue.
He revealed that the Federal
Government has so far disbursed N6.2 billion for the project as part of the
efforts to kick start the ranching programme.
Governor Masari said the Katsina
State government has invested N6.2 billion with the objective to have Fulanis
stay in one place which has already started including the N6.2 billion given to
the state by the federal government.
Recall that the Southern
Governors Forum had earlier announced a ban on open grazing of cattle across
states in the region.
However, a few of them (Southern
governors) signed the law banning open grazing before the September 1, 2021
deadline, others failed to do so.
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