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Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Ayanfeoluxyz(f): 6:00am On Oct 25, 2019
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the anti-open grazing bill.
The passage of the bill came 24 hours after Fulani herdsmen from various parts of the state resolved to use
a legal option to stop the Oyo State Open Rearing and Grazing Regulation Bill 2019 .
According to the lawmakers ,the bill when it becomes law, will foster peace and promote agricultural business in the state .
The House noted that the bill was also to end loss of lives and constant clashes between herders and farmers.
The Speaker of the House , Adebo Ogundoyin , appealed to residents of the state to ignore falsehoods and
misconceptions about the bill.
“ We assured the people that all suggestions and memoranda of understanding submitted by various groups,
agencies and representatives of different communities and tribes on the bill was looked into before it was
passed,” the speaker said.
He maintained that the Assembly through the bill was only seeking a legal framework to address open
rearing and grazing, as well as encourage and protect the economic activities of others who were into
agricultural-related ventures .
https://punchng.com/oyo-assembly-passes-anti-open-grazing-bill/

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Jobio1(f): 6:05am On Oct 25, 2019
Buhari brothers don die be that na# Oyo border is closed to them buharis

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Nobody: 6:05am On Oct 25, 2019
Time to end the idea of roaming around with cows...and also time we took serious security and the encorachment of the Sahara desert too

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by mrwonlasewonie: 6:06am On Oct 25, 2019
Perfect

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Mrsheff(m): 6:06am On Oct 25, 2019
Hope Fulani herdsmen obeys it...
Nigeria my country

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by OyiboPep: 6:06am On Oct 25, 2019
Nice one.

I hope it'll help to curb some of these menaces.

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by flexyrule(m): 6:06am On Oct 25, 2019
Way to go.
Other state House of Assemblies in the south and other areas affected by the herdsmen crises should follow suit. You can't just sit in Abuja and formulate laws that would govern the whole country made up of an homogeneous entities. A law or Policy that would work in Borno might not work in Bayelsa. Inshort, every state or region have to independently decide what suits that populace. The policies metted on the the people from Abuja are made based on the majority factor and who can afford enough Ghana must go bags to gain the support of them greedy lawmakers.

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by chrisdolly(m): 6:07am On Oct 25, 2019
Nice job well-done. Kudos to Oyo State House if assembly.

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Evercurious(f): 6:08am On Oct 25, 2019
Commendable stride..south East governors what are you waiting for? Guts to do same? If South West becomes unbearable for these herdsmen, they will start heading Eastward. So the earlier this law is passed ,the best and safer for the land and it's inhabitants ..

Smart one South West

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by explosiveskull(m): 6:08am On Oct 25, 2019
Hehehehe

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by BamiTii(f): 6:08am On Oct 25, 2019
Other states should follow suit and it should be effectively implemented

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Wiseandtrue(f): 6:09am On Oct 25, 2019
Not just passing, it should be implemented!!!

Good one from Oyo before we begin to hear stories that touches the heart!!!

Think of your people first

Put security cameras in your market places ooooooo

That's their targets now, to cripple people's means of livelihood!!!

God bless the governor!!!

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Eliteklaus(m): 6:09am On Oct 25, 2019
PDP led govts. Protectors of the realm

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by optimus106(m): 6:09am On Oct 25, 2019
Stray animals...what a country.

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by DonroxyII: 6:09am On Oct 25, 2019
Kudos to Oyo People !

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by koolgee(m): 6:10am On Oct 25, 2019
Commendable.
At least for peace

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by LetsNigerianize: 6:11am On Oct 25, 2019
Great job! Nigeria will be great again. These terrorists nearly cripple this country.

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by ursullalinda(f): 6:12am On Oct 25, 2019
Good one from them! It's high time the herdsmen understand that cow rearing is a personal business not a public duty.

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by anonimi: 6:13am On Oct 25, 2019
Jobio1:
Buhari brothers don die be that na

Maybe the Oyo governor is the one who will die, based on Buhari's record.


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PhockPhockMan:
It was on 13 October 2000, when words went round that General Muhammadu Buhari was leading the Arewa team to the governor’s office to confront the state over alleged killings of Fulani cattle rearers in Saki, Oke Ogun Area of the state. Buhari did actually telephone the governor that he was leading a team to his office.
In less than 30 minutes after the general informed the governor of his visit, we noticed that the entire secretariat was already filled with lorry loads of our brothers from the North. This created some tension but we kept our calm. At about 2 p.m., Buhari arrived in a long convoy at the governor’s office in company of the former governor of Lagos State, General Buba Marwa, Alhaji Aliko Muhammed, Alhaji Abdulrazak and Alhaji Hassan. They all wore long faces. In fact, the anger in them was palpable as all pleasantries extended to them were ignored. “This is trouble” was the expression on the faces of all of us in the governor’s office.
Shortly afterwards, the state Director of State Security Service (SSS) and Commissioner of Police arrived. But their presence did not change anything particular on the fears that had already gripped majority of us. The two security chiefs did not come with any operatives, they came almost alone.

The meeting was called to order after Lam walked into the Executive Chambers. Introductions over, Buhari spoke on their mission to the governor’s office. Emitting fire, the general accused Lam and the government of Oyo State of complicity in the killing of over 68 Fulani people in Oke Ogun area and perversion of justice.
His words: “Your Excellency, our visit here is to discuss with you and your government our displeasure about the incident of clashes between two peoples… the Fulani cattle rearers and merchants are today being harassed , attacked and killed like in Saki. In the month of May, 2000, 68 bodies of Fulani cattle rearers were recovered and buried under the supervision and protection from a team of Mobile Police from Oyo State Command.
“ That some arrests were made by Oyo State Police Command in the massacre with their immediate release without court trial. This was said to have been ordered by Oyo State authorities and they were so released to their amazement. The release of the arrested suspects gave the clear impression that the authorities are backing and protecting them to continue the unjust and illegal killings of Fulani cattle rearers…”
According to the general, they therefore wanted immediate stoppage of the killings, justice and compensation to the Fulanis.
As weighty and indicting as Buhari’s allegations were, Lam remained unperturbed. He fired back with his own well coordinated arsenals.
Lam identified all the points raised by Buhari and simply asked the heads of the organizations directly involved to respond to the allegations.
First to speak was the Commissioner of Police who debunked all the claims. Instead of the allegation that the natives were killing Fulanis, the commissioner said pointedly that the opposite was the case.
“ The killing of the natives by the Fulanis was duly reported to the police and, of course, we can’t make arrest because, as soon as they kill, they migrate to other areas. Who are you going to arrest? That is the problem”. On the killing of Fulanis, which he said was as result of “piled up anger”, the commissioner disclosed that arrests had been made and the suspects were in police custody.
Next was the Director of SSS, who equally debuked the allegations by Buhari. “The natives don’t have problem with the Fulanis who are resident but those who are coming in, they don’t care about anybody. They just go ahead and when they graze the natives farms, whoever cares to challenge them runs into trouble. You said 68 people were killed , and people driven away. I am not saying there were no killings but they cannot be more than five.
The petition is on the harsh side, there is nothing like that.”
Not done yet, Lam called in his Deputy, Barrister Iyiola Oladokun; his SSG, Chief Michael Koleoso, both from Oke Ogun, and the chairman of one of the affected local government areas, Mr Ademola Alalade. They stated the true position of things, corroborating the submissions of the security chiefs. At this point, all the tensions and apprehensions evaporated.
Trust Lam any day, he must rub it in. He spoke for about 20 minutes and the generals were at the edge of their seats for the entire period. They were like chicken that had just been thoroughly beaten by the rain.
Lam said: “ Before I thank you for this visit, you have come to tell me something. I also want to tell you something and that something is to make an appeal. General Buhari has been a former Head of State, Brigadier Marwa has governed Lagos for some time and with credibility… so you are national leaders of this country. Even though, by accident of birth, you are from the North, you can be born anywhere; may be next time when I am coming to the world, I will be born in the North or the South-South.
“My appeal will be that effort must be made to unite this country and that will be ïn the best interest of all Nigerians. I am appealing to the Arewa Consultative Forum, under which auspices our distinguished Nigerians are here; in recent times, they have been sending wrong signals to a number of us who believe in the unity and peace of Nigeria; you have been too critical of the efforts of the Federal Government. I am saying this because Nigeria, at this point, cannot afford to break and the words you northern leaders utter are very weighty, at the South here, we normally analyze them critically”.
On all the allegations, he said: “From what they have written in the petition, this government is completely blameless because we don’t interfere either with the judiciary or with the police functions. I always preach peaceful co-existence in Oyo State and Nigeria as a whole. We are all Nigerians and that is what we have been preaching all along and we shall continue to be Nigerians , no matter the present or immediate problems which will be solved by the grace of Allah.
“I want to say also that we really have to appeal to our people, the itinerant Bororo people, that they should observe less aggression. It is not good , it is not right just coming from somewhere then you just pass through farm lands cultivated may be with the person’s life savings and then over night everything is gone. That is not right, even Allah does not approve of that.
We even wonder when they talk about this people carrying dangerous weapons, I say do they really believe in Allah? When you just take life like that and go away! Are we not forbidden not to take human life? So I think General Buhari, General Marwa, you have to be educating them… It is my pleasure to inform you that at the Presidential Lodge, we have made some arrangements for refreshments so that before you go we can refresh together”.

Buhari and his team did not wait for any refreshments. They came in angry and left bewildered.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/day-lam-adesina-clashed-with-buhari-marwa-others/

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by AroleOduduwa2: 6:13am On Oct 25, 2019
Welcome development, castle rearing is a private business and should be treated as one, I don’t understand why the federal government are hell bent on allocating resources and people’s property for a private business. It’s not like they are subsidizing the price of cow.

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by IamAtikulate: 6:14am On Oct 25, 2019
Did anyone noticed that only Yoruba Christians are fighting ruga?

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by solmusdesigns: 6:15am On Oct 25, 2019
grin



Ghen Ghen,,,
Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by anonimi: 6:15am On Oct 25, 2019

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by DrCruz: 6:16am On Oct 25, 2019
Very commendable. I wonder what our weak governor and weak state house members are doing in Akwa Ibom State.

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by solmusdesigns: 6:16am On Oct 25, 2019
Madam Implementation, when will ibo make similar laws


Wiseandtrue:
Not just passing, it should be implemented!!!

Good one from Oyo before we begin to hear stories that touches the heart!!!

Think of your people first

Put security cameras in your market places ooooooo

That's their targets now, to cripple people's means of livelihood!!!

God bless the governor!!!

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Blitzerz: 6:18am On Oct 25, 2019
Good
Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by solmusdesigns: 6:18am On Oct 25, 2019
there is nothing like yoruba christian

yoruba is yoruba

we aint overly religious

that religious segregation only exist in an ibo mans imagination
IamAtikulate:
Did anyone noticed that only Yoruba Christians are fighting ruga?

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by backnbeta(f): 6:19am On Oct 25, 2019
Commendable. Because of their activities on the farmlands, farmers have been recording very low harvest! I know they'll want to fight back, but it'll be fire for fire in Oyo.

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Wiseandtrue(f): 6:20am On Oct 25, 2019
solmusdesigns:
Madam Implementation, when will ibo make similar laws


when Buhari pass it into law at the federal level!!!

Mtcheeeeeeew

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Re: Oyo State Passes Anti-Open-Grazing Bill Into Law by Sunnycliff(m): 6:21am On Oct 25, 2019
Good way to go. Open grazing remains the catalyst to social unrest

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