Governor Ayodele
Fayose, of Ekiti State, has on Monday, August 29, 2016 signed the Ekiti
State Open Grazing Prohibition Bill into law.
The signing ceremony took place in the presence of over 3,000 traditional chiefs in the southwestern state.
Under
the law, herdsmen are forbidden from carrying arms and movement of cows
and other animals from one location to another is prohibited.
The
law prescribes six months imprisonment without option of fine for any
herdsman who violates the grazing prohibition while any herdsman found
with arms will be charged with terrorism.
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