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| Governor Bello |
Kogi
State Government has assured all its citizens, especially those from the
Eastern Senatorial Zone, that its intention to reconstitute the Grazing
Reserve Management Committee, in line with the 1965 Northern Nigeria
Government Grazing Reserve Law and modified 1978 Land Use Decree of the
Federal Government of Nigeria, was in the interest of all and not
intended to harm anyone or group.
In
a statement signed by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Kehinde
Oloruntoba, and released June 14 in Lokoja, the government said the
exercise is not targeted at any particular section of the state and
that it was commuted to finding lasting peace between the herdsmen and
farmers.
The
statement reads in part: "Our attention has been drawn to an erroneous
interpretation of our memo dated 20th May, 2017 with reference number
MOA/KGVL40.VOL1/92 reconstituting the grazing reserve management
committee.
"NO
BILL has been sent to Kogi State House of Assembly in this regard. This
exercise is NOT targeted at any particular section of the state as part
of the terms of reference of the committee is to identify other
locations within the state. In view of the amount of interest and
concerns it has generated, the committee has been dissolved and the
entire exercise put on hold immediately.
The
statement noted instead that the State Government has devised other
ingenuous ways of dealing with the Fulani - Farmers crisis in the State.
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