BY PETER DURU
MAKURDI – Governor Samuel Ortom has stated that he lacked the powers to reverse or make adjustments to the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition Law which was enacted last May in the state but came into effect on November 1.
He explained that the law which was made collectively by the people of the state was made for the collectively interest of both farmers and herders alike.
The Governor who spoke Tuesday shortly after a meeting with the state and zonal leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN in Makurdi, said the law had come to stay but would be implemented with human face.
He said, “MACBAN had requested for more time to enable them adjust and conform with the provisions of the law but i promised them that the law would be implemented with a human face and that is being done.
“However while the law is…
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