EkITI State
Governor, Ayodele Fayose has banned grazing and rearing of cattle in the state.
The governor
said those interested in cattle farming should get private cattle ranch. He
said a bill to criminalise movement of cattle from one location to another
would soon be sent to the House of Assembly.
Fayose, who
made this known when he visited Oke-Ako in Ikole Local Government Area where
two residents were killed and others injured by suspected Fulani herdsmen last
Friday, warned that government will, henceforth, confiscate any cattle seen
anywhere in the state apart from the ranch created for them by their owners.
He also
donated N2.5 million to the families of the deceased and gave N2.5 million as
well as a pick-up van fitted with security gadgets to local hunters so they
could protect their people.
He described
the herdsmen who attacked Oke-Ako and other communities in the country as
agents of the devil that must be fished out and punished accordingly.
“I
commiserate with the people of Oke-Ako over the murder of two of our people by
these evil Fulani herdsmen.
“I am also
here to assure that this will be the last time your community will be invaded
by Fulani herdsmen under whatever guise.
“I have
directed that cattle rearing and grazing should stop in Ekiti State and those
interested in cattle farming should, henceforth, do so in their own cattle
ranch. No more movement of cattle from one location to another in the state and
any cattle seen anywhere in Ekiti State, apart from the ranch created for them
by their owners, will be confiscated by the government and their own- ers will
be prosecuted. A bill to this effect will be sent to House of Assembly for
passage into law to criminalise cattle owners whose cattle are found moving from
one location to the other in the state.
“It is our
duty to protect our people and we are going to do that without fear or favour.”
The lawmaker
representing Ikole Constituency 1 in the House, Titilayo Akerele, thanked the
governor on behalf of the people of this constituency.
Meanwhile,
bothered by a string of crises facing Nigeria, scholars and other eminent
Nigerians gathered in Ibadan at the weekend and agreed that the only way out of
economic, political and social problems was to get Nigerians to take the
country seriously.
They came to
this conclusion at a book reading held at the International Conference Centre
of the University of Ibadan.
Author and
poet, Mr. Odia Ofeimun, who kicked off the debate by reading from the
nine-chapter book entitled:
Taking
Nigeria Seriously, called for a holistic tackling of herdsmen attacks by
President Muham- madu Buhari and added that ,if not well tackled; it is capable
of destroying the country.
“If we don’t
deal with the issue of herdsmen, there may be no Nigeria tomorrow…”Ofeimun
said.
On her part,
Prof. Bolanle Awe lauded what she called “extremely provocative” issues dealt
with in the book, especially the issue of indigene/settlers, and education of
children of tomorrow, concluding that the removal of history from the
curriculum of schools was capable of making Nigerians not to take their country
seriously.
“We should
learn about our culture, tra- dition and be proud of them…
“If we do
not know history, how can you get far in life? America won’t give you a degree
unless you learn American history,” she said.
Fayose ruptures cattle grazing in Ekiti
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