{"id":32580,"date":"2021-05-11T20:50:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T19:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=32580"},"modified":"2021-05-11T20:50:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T19:50:31","slug":"southern-governors-ban-open-grazing-call-for-restructuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/11\/southern-governors-ban-open-grazing-call-for-restructuring\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern governors ban open grazing, call for restructuring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governors from Nigeria\u2019s southern states have banned open grazing of cattle across states in the region and called for the restructuring of the country to address issues threatening national unity.<\/p>\n<p>While also restating their commitment to the unity of the country, the governors urged President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on the state of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The governors stated these at the end of their meeting on Tuesday in Asaba, the Delta State capital.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the governors in attendance were Nyesom Wike (Rivers), David Umahi (Ebonyi), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Willie Obiano (Anambra), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), as well as Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the states and sub-regions had previously banned open grazing.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the Nigerian Governors Forum, representing all 36 states in the country, said it had reached a consensus on the \u201cneed for the country to transition into modern systems of animal husbandry that will replace open, night, and underage grazing in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ban on open grazing comes as the Nigerian government is yet to find a lasting solution to the herders\u2019 crisis in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the herdsmen crisis, Nigerians continues to lament over diverse security threats of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/01\/insurgency-in-nigeria-declined-since-2015-fayemi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insurgency<\/a> in the North-East, banditry in the North-West, and secessionist agitations in the South-East and South-West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governors from Nigeria\u2019s southern states have banned open grazing of cattle across states in the region and called for the restructuring of the country to address issues threatening national unity. 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