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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has denied claims that the Anti-Open Grazing Law is accountable for the killings in his state.
He reacted to the claims in an interview for Roadmap 2019, a political programme which airs on Channels Television.
“Anyone alluding that this law (Anti Open-Grazing) is responsible for this crisis is just doing that out of mere mischief or completely out of ignorance,” the governor mentioned
The governor’s feedback come one month after the Defence Minister, Mansur Dan-Ali, known as for the suspension of the implementation of the anti-grazing legislation.
To the minister, the non-implementation of the prohibition towards open-grazing would assist handle the killings within the north-central state.
But the governor strongly disagrees with the minister and insists there is no such thing as a going again on the legal guidelines made within the state.
He argued that if the ban on open grazing is accountable for the killings, then there shouldn’t have been killings in Adamawa, Plateau, Delta, Edo, Kaduna, Zamfara and different states the place there is no such thing as a such ban.
He added: “Is there any law in Adamawa? Is there any law in Kaduna State? Is there any law in Plateau State? Is there any law in Edo State? Is there any law in Delta State? Is there any law in Zamfara State where killings are going on far more than what is even happening in Benue?”
As far because the governor is anxious, the anti-open grazing legislation is aimed for the great of the state.
“It is wrong for anybody to say that enacting a law has aggravated crisis in any place. Since I came in, we have enacted over 15 laws for the land. It is for good governance,” he additionally mentioned.