[size=15pt]Abia moves to stop damage by herdsmen[/size]

Wednesday, 21 December 2011 00:00 From Gordi Udeajah, Umuahia News - National





TO check the increasing damage of crops on farms by herdsmen in Abia State, the state executive council has resolved to constitute a task force that will enforce the relevant laws.

Information Commissioner, Okwubunka Don Ubani who told journalists of the move in Umuahia, said the task force will be resorted to if the media sensitization exercise being embarked upon fails to persuade the herdsmen to stop damaging farm crops with their cattle.

He said the exco also constituted a committee headed by the Justice Commissioner, Chief Umeh Kalu to articulate modalities for effective, sustainable and accountable revenue collection for the state.

The commissioner decried the reported proliferation of revenue consultants in the state, explaining that authentic revenue collectors and consultants are those recognised by the office of the state Accountant General and the Ministry of Finance.


http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71464:abia-moves-to-stop-damage-by-herdsmen&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

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[size=15pt]Abia moves to stop damage by herdsmen[/size]

Wednesday, 21 December 2011 00:00 From Gordi Udeajah, Umuahia News - National





TO check the increasing damage of crops on farms by herdsmen in Abia State, the state executive council has resolved to constitute a task force that will enforce the relevant laws.

Information Commissioner, Okwubunka Don Ubani who told journalists of the move in Umuahia, s[b]aid the task force will be resorted to if the media sensitization exercise being embarked upon fails to persuade the herdsmen to stop damaging farm crops with their cattle.[/b]

He said the exco also constituted a committee headed by the Justice Commissioner, Chief Umeh Kalu to articulate modalities for effective, sustainable and accountable revenue collection for the state.

The commissioner decried the reported proliferation of revenue consultants in the state, explaining that authentic revenue collectors and consultants are those recognised by the office of the state Accountant General and the Ministry of Finance.


http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71464:abia-moves-to-stop-damage-by-herdsmen&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

Great news from Abia state!
Abia is taking the lead on this one, and I hope that other SE states would copy this policy.
The cattle men need to be checked very early, else conflict is inevitable.