Southwest governors meet with Miyetti Allah, ban open grazing

The southwest governors have met with the leaders of Fulani People, resolved their differences, and agreed on banning open grazing.

The Governor of Oyo, Seyi Makinde took to his Twitter handle to announce the development while sharing the photos of the meeting.

He wrote:

Today, the SW governors held a security stakeholders’ meeting in Ondo State. The meeting was attended by our brother governors from Kebbi and Jigawa States; security chiefs, SW zone led by the AIG Zone 11 and leaders from the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria.

Collectively, we resolved to ban open grazing in all parts of the south west. In Oyo State, we already have a law against open grazing which will continue to be implemented by our security agencies.

I restated that we will not permit criminality as a response to criminal actions. Instead we will continue to support our security agencies to do their duties. Also, we will work with our people to face our common enemies – the criminals; kidnappers, armed robbers and bandits.