“In summary, once that bill is passed, no person will be allowed to openly graze livestock in Rivers State, except within the confines of a ranch.'
The Rivers’ State Executive Council has approved the proposed bill that will provide legal backing to the ban on open rearing and grazing of livestock in the state., at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday.recalled that on May 11, the Southern Nigeria Governors Forum met in Asaba, the Delta capital, and unanimously adopted series of resolutions, the most critical being the ban on open rearing and grazing of cattle, throughout Southern Nigeria.
“We realised that we don’t have any extant law criminalising or prohibiting open grazing, so it has become necessary for the office of the Attorney General in the state to propose a bill for consideration by the state executive council. Me Adangor said when was passed and assented to by the State Governor, the law would criminalise and prohibit the grazing of livestock in any part of the state.
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