Plateau State Government Refuses To Enact Anti-Grazing Law
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has refused to enact the anti-grazing law in the state, saying that grazing areas for cattle ranching have yet to be developed.
The governor said this on Thursday when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Lalong said that he had earlier advised the governors of Taraba and Benue against implementing the anti-grazing law in their respective states, even though ranching remained the only way to guarantee peaceful farmers-herdsmen coexistence in the country.
“When the governor of Benue was doing the law, I told him: `Just be careful, take other steps before you start implementation’.
“But he said that states are different, that his own concept is different and for us in Plateau, it is different. I said I will not do the law before the implementation of certain things.
“I have not seen rangers; I have not yet developed the ranching areas. So, I cannot go and say I put up a law to stop who? If I stop people (herdsmen), what is the alternative?’’ he asked.
