Efio-Ita Nyok|9 June 2016|7:46am
The 8th Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) has rejected the Grazing Commission Bill currently been proposed by the National Assembly, stating that the Bill if passed into Law will be domesticated or replicated in the state.
In a motion of urgent public importance initiated by the Deputy Whip of the House, Hon Ogana Lukpata, the members rejected an Open Grazing System in the state and called on the state government and other relevant agencies to give effect to the content of the Resolution.
1 . Cattle Rearing or Grazing is a specialised and Economic culture of the people of Northern Nigeria, just like food crop farming is specialised to the southern part of Nigeria.
2. In CRS our land tenure system is family inheritance based, and the Land is the foundation of all their Economic activities, the state government cannot therefore acquire family land and set aside for Grazing.
3. There are so many specialised farmers in the state engaged in poultry, goat, birds,fish and pig farming, who acquire and purchase their own land at prevailing commercial rate without government intervention, the same should apply to Cattle Grazing.
4. Under the CRS Environmental Sanitation Law, it is unlawful to openly graze cattle or any other animal that is ferocious to human life.
5. The Open Grazing System is alien to the state livestock economy.
The CRS Government should outlaw open grazing of Cattle and other animals, interested farmers should engage in a close and regulated ranch system under a policy framework of the state ministry of Agriculture.
Efio-Ita Nyok
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