OPEN GRAZING CONTROVERSY (A TIMELY MASTERPIECE) -FEMI OLUWASANMI
CHAMPIONS POLITICAL NEWS OPEN GRAZING CONTROVERSY The waves of killings and kidnappings linked to the perennial pastoralist herdsmen and farmers clashes in Nigeria has proven beyond doubt that open grazing is a practice that has outlived its usefulness. This necessitates unison in the call for an animal husbandry practice that will reflect the growth in the country’s population and development. However, what seems to remain a “rocket science” at the corridor of those entrusted with the power to make, interpret and implement laws is the method to adopt in doing the reform, particularly putting into consideration the heated debate that greeted the introduction of a bill seeking to end open grazing at the floor of the Senate in the recent times. On 5th June, 2024, a Senator representing Benue North West at the National Assembly, Mr. Titus Zam argued in his lead debate on a bill considering a ban on open grazing at the floor of the senate that the best therapy to the menac...