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Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says it opposed the Benue state anti-open grazing law because it failed to address pastoralists’ interests.

Secretary of MACBAN in Benue, Ibrahim Galma, said this during a meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja.

He called for modification of the law to make it fair for all parties.

Galma, who appealed to the NBA to interface with the state government on the necessary amendment, said Miyetti Allah was not invited for all the public hearings held before the bill was signed.

“We could not contribute. It was after the signing that the Benue State government called the association to inform us that the implementation of the law will start on November 1, 2017.

“We went through the law and advised the government on areas that do not do justice to the pastoralists.

“I told the governor that temporal grazing reserves should be allocated to the Fulanis pending the full implementation of the law but my advice was ignored by the government”, he said.

He further lamented how the law was communicated to local herdsmen, saying it was not properly managed.

“It was communicated to the local herdsmen that the government has signed a law to drive the Fulanis out of the state.

“Also, there was no training and sensitization of Fulanis and local farmers before the implementation”.

National Secretary of MACBAN, Baba Usman Ngelzarma, in his remarks, backed Galma.

The scribe decried activities of the Livestock Guard created by the law to implement the anti-open grazing provision.

Source: https://www.benuepress.com/2018/01/miyetti-allah-reveals-why-they-are-against-benue-anti-open-grazing-law/

owoicho13:
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says it opposed the Benue state anti-open grazing law because it failed to address pastoralists’ interests.

"Pastoralists' interest" was addressed. The law only restricted them from having to roam into people settlement and kill them for their farms. Let herders grow the feed of their livestock like poultry farmers.
Our fathers too were used to open rearing of chicken but have since adapted and some are even richer for it today.

They are mad...

This Miyetti demons have guts o. If not,after killing over 70 humans they can still talk. Chai!!! It will never be well with their grand patron Buhari

Rent land or buy land and do your personal business nai hard?

If you cow likes "Ugwu", beans, rice, yam etc , please buy for it and cost it as part of production cost...