As Expected, Governor Godwin Obaseki Violates Resolution 2 Of The Asaba Declaration
ON Tuesday, the 11th day of May, 2021 the 17 Southern State Governors of Nigeria met in Asaba, Delta State to discuss several issues copiously which included, inter alia , Security, Open Cattle Grazing and Restructuring of Nigeria. The Governors arrived at 12 resolutions including banning open grazing of cattle in all their respective states.
The Governors observed in resolution 2 ” that the incursion of armed herders, criminals, and bandits into the southern part of the country has presented a severe security challenge such that citizens are not able to live their normal lives including pursuing various productive activities leading to a threat to food supply and general security. Consequently, the meeting resolved that open grazing of cattle be banned across southern Nigeria”
September 1, 2021 was unanimously slated for the implementation of the ban on Open grazing of cattle having passed through the legislative processes and signed into law by the Southern Governors.
It is sardonic to note that till date, Governor Godwin Obaseki has refused to formally transmit an Executive Bill to the Parliament to ban open grazing of cattle in Edo State while his counterparts in other States including Ondo State have signed the bill into law inline with the September 1, 2021 deadline.
There is mass exodus of herders into our state while the Governor is taciturn to that effect .
Is it that our amiable Governor has entered into an alliance nicodemusly with the Presidency for the establishment of RUGA settlement in our state, hence his failure to implement resolution 2 of the Asaba Declaration?
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