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Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti on Monday signed an Anti- Grazing bill into law in a bid to curb the alleged inordinate activities of herdsmen in the state.
The bill was sponsored by the state chief executive after the killing of two persons by suspected herdsmen in Oke Ako community in Ikole Local Government Area of the state. Fayose also threatened to charge any cattle rearer found in the state carrying arms while grazing with terrorism.
He said this while addressing stakeholders and leaders of communities across the 16 local government areas of the state in Ado Ekiti, the State’s capital. The Act was read to the Assembly of all traditional rulers, chiefs and legislators by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Kola Oluwawole.
Here are 6 important highlights of the new law:
1. Grazing activities must be from 7:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. local time daily.
2. Anyone caught grazing on portions of land or any farmland not allotted by government shall be apprehended and made to face the law.
3. Any herdsman caught with firearms and any weapons whatsoever during grazing shall be charged with terrorism.
4. Any cattle confiscated shall be taken to government cattle ranch at Erifun and Iworoko Ekiti community in the state.
5. Any farm crop destroyed by the activities of any apprehended herdsman shall be estimated by agricultural officers and the expenses of the estimate shall be borne by the culprit.
6. Any herdsman who violates any of these rules shall be imprisoned for six months without option of fine.
The bill was sponsored by the state chief executive after the killing of two persons by suspected herdsmen in Oke Ako community in Ikole Local Government Area of the state. Fayose also threatened to charge any cattle rearer found in the state carrying arms while grazing with terrorism.
He said this while addressing stakeholders and leaders of communities across the 16 local government areas of the state in Ado Ekiti, the State’s capital. The Act was read to the Assembly of all traditional rulers, chiefs and legislators by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Kola Oluwawole.
Here are 6 important highlights of the new law:
1. Grazing activities must be from 7:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. local time daily.
2. Anyone caught grazing on portions of land or any farmland not allotted by government shall be apprehended and made to face the law.
3. Any herdsman caught with firearms and any weapons whatsoever during grazing shall be charged with terrorism.
4. Any cattle confiscated shall be taken to government cattle ranch at Erifun and Iworoko Ekiti community in the state.
5. Any farm crop destroyed by the activities of any apprehended herdsman shall be estimated by agricultural officers and the expenses of the estimate shall be borne by the culprit.
6. Any herdsman who violates any of these rules shall be imprisoned for six months without option of fine.