Governor Aminu Masari during an interview, opposed the open grazing of cattle. He said it should be discontinued, and that it is un-Islamic.
Open grazing has been generating controversy in the country since May 11 when the Southern governors at their meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, banned the practice in a move aimed at addressing insecurity in the region.
On Thursday last week, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, in an interview with Channels Television, said the ban was unconstitutional.
The Presidency, in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday, supported the ban and described it and other resolutions of the governors as “acts of politicking.”
On Tuesday evening, Masari who incidentally, is from the same state with Preside
The governor stated, “This is something we have to do through development, provide necessary infrastructure that will make the herders not to move.
“The herders’ movement is essentially in search of two things: water and fodder. If we can provide these two items, why should they move?
“The roaming about, for us is un-Islamic and it is not the best. It is part of the problems we are having today. I don’t support that we should continue with open grazing.”
