Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State
The Ekiti State House of Assembly, yesterday prescribed six months
jail term for any herdsmen who allow his cattle, sheep and goat to graze
on undesignated land in Ekiti State.
The Speaker of the House, Kola Oluwawole, said the bill would now
reduce the incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the state
as tries to regulate public grazing in the state.
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.
"The Governor shall by an order designates land in each of 16
LGAs in the state in respect of which Cattle or Ruminants may be
permitted to graze. 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.
"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.” the bill states.
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