Abiodun Signs Anti-Open Grazing Bill into Law

Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun State, returned from a foreign trip on Thursday and signed into law the Bill to Regulate Animal Grazing and the Establishment of Cattle Ranching in Ogun State.

Abiodun called a Security Council meeting shortly after his return, which was held at the governor’s office in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, and assented to the Bill.

The Bill was passed by the State House of Assembly on July 8, 2021.Speaker Olakunle Oluomo then forwarded a clean copy to Governor Dapo Abiodun for his signature.

The bill was passed by unanimous vote of the lawmakers present during the third reading of the measure.

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He said, “Ogun, has enjoyed peace among various ethnic nationalities until the recent farmer-herder skirmishes.

“Cattle rearers have a six-month period of grace before it becomes illegal in Ogun state for cattle rearers to occupy unapproved public areas and private land with their livestock for grazing.”

Herders are likewise prohibited by law from transporting cattle in public locations.A committee chaired by the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, has been formed to oversee the new law’s implementation and enforcement.

According to the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, the Governor’s signing of the anti-open grazing law followed the decision of the Southern Governors’ Forum last August, which set the September deadline for passing the bill across the Member States.