Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has signed into law a bill outlawing open grazing throughout the state.
He signed the law on Thursday at the Government House in Asaba, less than a week after the Delta State House of Assembly passed the ‘Bill Prohibiting Open Grazing, Indiscriminate Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing of Livestock in Delta State.’
Following the approval of a motion by the Majority Leader of the House, Ferguson Onwo, state lawmakers enacted the measure.
“Through the passage of this bill, the State House of Assembly has demonstrated its resolve to protect Deltans (residents) from the menace of clashes between herders and farmers,” said Speaker Sherrif Oborevwori who presided over the plenary during which the bill was passed.
“I commend all the sponsors of this bill for recognising that the security of lives and properties of Deltans, as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered), remains sacrosanct.”