Ekiti State Government Begins Anti-Grazing Law Implementation

The Ekiti State government has said it has begun the implementation of the state’s Anti-Grazing Law.

The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Olabode Adetunji who spoke on behalf of the government on Tuesday, said the development was aimed at curbing the persistent farmers/herders clashes, as well as enhancing security of lives and property.

He said as from next week, the state government will begin the registration of herdsmen and farmers in the state to be able to identify them, as a means of forestalling the influx of criminal elements into the state.

According to the commissioner, ” Ekiti State has anti-grazing law in place which we have just dusted and begin to use. We are still going to follow it; no night grazing, no underage cattle rearing, no grazing on government restricted lands like forests and our farm settlements and farm centres. Apart from these, there will be registration of herders and farmers in all our centres.”