Oyo State Assembly Passes Anti-Open Grazing Law

– Oyo state House of Assembly passes into law anti open grazing law
– The bill, which was passed at its Thursday plenary, is to avoid continuous damages and end lost of lives and unquantifiable investment to constant clashes between herders and crop farmers
– I am appealing to everyone to shun the rumour spreading that the law is to make life and business unbearable
 
Following threat by the herdsmen in Oyo state to use legal option to stop the state Assembly from passing the anti grazing law bill,the state House of Assembly today, passed into law the anti-open grazing bill, said that it would foster peace and promote agricultural business in the state.
The bill, which was passed at its Thursday plenary, is to avoid continuous damages and end lost of lives and unquantifiable investment to constant clashes between herders and crop farmers.
Speaker Adebo Ogundoyin appealed to residents to ignore falsehoods and misconceptions of the prohibition of Open Rearing and Grazing of Livestock bill that are capable of triggering hostility between the herders and local farmers’ communities.
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According to him, public hearing was held in which critical reviews and opinions of all concerned stakeholders, individuals, groups and experts were accommodated and considered before being passed into law.
Ogundoyin said: “We assured the people that all suggestions and memoranda of understanding submitted by various groups, agencies and representatives of different communities and tribes on the open rearing and grazing regulation bill 2019 was painstakingly looked into before it was passed into law.
“I am appealing to everyone to shun the rumour spreading that the law is to make life and business unbearable for some targeted group or set of people, rather it seeks to promote peace among residents and different tribes in Oyo state.”