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Grazing Reserves Act Of 1964 Only Applied To Northern States — Falana

Grazing Reserves Act Of 1964 Only Applied To Northern States

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has disclosed that the Grazing Reserves Act of 1964 which President Muhammadu Buhari was bent on reviving was only applicable to northern Nigeria in the 1960s.

In a statement titled, ‘President Buhari Should Embrace Ranching,’ issued on Sunday, the Senior Advocate made it known that the Grazing Reserves Act of 1964 was not a law of general application because the “Western Region, Mid-Western Region, and the Eastern Region had ranches for animal husbandry.”

Falana, therefore, urged President Buhari to promote ranching instead of attempting to revive grazing routes.

According to the human rights lawyer, the federal government announced in 2016 that it had acquired 55,000 hectares of land in 11 states for grazing cattle.

“Shortly thereafter the federal government adopted cattle colony or Ruga Policy. But due to the opposition which greeted the concept of cattle colony in many quarters, the federal government jettisoned the policy and adopted the Livestock Transformation Policy including ranching in 2018,” Falana recalled.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria stated that Dave Umahi, the Chairman of the sub-committee on farmer/herder crisis, who is also the Governor of Ebonyi State had disclosed that the federal government would bear 80 percent of the sum of N100 billion earmarked for ranching while participating states would support with N20billion and provision of lands for the programme.

The Central Bank of Nigeria also announced plans to provide loans for ranching and milk production in 2019.

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