Group Tasks South West Governors On Enforcement Of Anti-grazing Law

A group, Council of Yoruba Elders (CYE) has charged all the south west state governors to enforce the anti-grazing law, just as they pledged to invest N1 trillion for the establishment of cattle ranches across Yoruba speaking states.

Citing reasons why the governors need to as a matter of urgency, start the enforcement of the anti-grazing law in their respective states, the group noted that such enforcement would no doubt put an end to invasion of cattle herders who always feed their cattle with the crops and farm produce of helpless farmers.

The group’s secretary general, Dr. Victor Taiwo who stated this at a forum in Ibadan pledged to invest a whooping sum of N1 trillion into cattle farming that would be serving the entire Yorubaland.

According to him, such enforcement will no doubt put an end to the invasion of cattle herders who always feed their cattles with the crops and farm produce.

Taiwo said, “We the Yorubas have nothing against the peace-loving Fulani people of this country, but we can no longer tolerate any further miscreants among the herders, especially those from other countries perpetrating their menace on our people.

“We are using this medium to compel the executive arms of the governments to enforce anti-grazing law with immediate effect.

“The bandits and the criminally-minded Yoruba people that are found of kidnapping our people for rituals and ransom should know that their days are numbered within the geographical space of Yorubaland as we have instituted a high-powered security system to be coordinated by our highly respected patriot Barrister Bola Longe (AIG Rtd) and Mr. Marcus Omuiyadun (Rtd CP) ably supported by the leaders of our various youth and security-inclined organizations.”

“While we are not declaring any economic war on the people of any section of the country, we however do not know any sane society that must insist on buying a product which you can produce on your own without stress from outside source more so from the monsters who will destroy your own means of survival, kill your children and wives and cut off your arms, and you will still resort to patronizing such monsters.

“According to a well conducted, impeccable, unambiguous and verifiable research, the number of cows the Yoruba people of Yorubaland consume on a daily basis is 24,000. Get it multiplied by 365 days it gives us 8,760,000 per annum. The financial implication is ₦984 billion per annum.

“We need to ask ourselves some questions about the cattle ranches provided for us in Yorubaland by the late Sage Obafemi Awolowo, then we have more than enough cattle ranches that can cater for our daily consumption, then we used to have Fasola Farms Oyo in the current Oyo State on 1,200 hectares, Akunu-Akoko of now Ondo State on 8,061 hectares of farmland running through Ikakumo Ise, Auga-Akoko to Edo State boundary, Imeko in now Ogun State on 4,000 hectares, Ayedun-Ekiti (Oke Ako) now Ekiti-State on 12,000 hectares of farmland through Ikun-Ekiti, Saki in now Oyo State on over 16,000 hectares of farmland, Ibarapa farms in Oyo State on 5,000 hectares, Agege in Lagos State was not left out just as we also had the Dairy Farm in Ibadan.”