justicejay:
Ado-Ekiti-Ekiti State House of Assembly on
thursday prescribed six months jail term for any
herdsmen who allow his cattle, sheep and goat
to graze on undesignated land for ranches in
Ekiti.
The bill which was unanimously passed at the
plenary sitting of the Assembly, seek to regulate
public grazing in the state.
The passage of the bill followed the submission
of report of Joint Committees on Agriculture and
Environment by its Chairman, Mr Ayodele
Fajemilehin, to committee of the whole House.
The Speaker of the House, Mr Kola Oluwawole,
who presided over Tuesday plenary said the bill
would now reduce the incessant clashes
between farmers and herdsmen in the state.
oluwawole said "if the bill is eventually accented
to by the governor, it will now become crime for
any cattle, sheep and goat to graze on
undesignated land for ranches in Ekiti.
According to the new bill tagged," Prohibition of
Cattle and Other Ruminants Grazing in Ekiti,
2016", anyone found violating the bill upon
conviction shall be sentenced to six months in
prison without option of fine.
Others included, "The Governor shall by an
order designates land in each of 16 Local
Government Areas in the state in respect of
which Cattle or Ruminants may be permitted to
graze.
The rest are," No person shall cause or permit
any cow, oxen, sheep as well as goat under his
or her control to graze on any land in which the
Governor has not designated as ranches"
among others.
The bill forbids movement of cattle by
herdsmen and owners of goat in the Ekiti after 6
p.m.
"No cattle or other ruminants shall by any
means move in the night, movement shall be
between 7 a.m and 6p.m".
Meanwhile, the Assembly observed a minute
silence for the four World Bank officials who lost
their lives when their boat capsized at Egbe Dam
in Gbonyin Local Government Area of the state.
Chief Gboyega Aribisogan, a member
representing Ikole Constituency 11 had earlier
called the attention of others members to the
mishap, describing the situation as putting the
state into mourning.

frenchwine:
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