By: Our Correspondent
As criticism continue to greet the proposed Grazing Reserve Bill, Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has declared that his administration would not support the establishment of grazing reserve areas in the state, adding that the proposed grazing reserves issue does not align with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.
The governor stated this in Akure, the state capital, during a public lecture at the weekend organized by members of Pan-Yoruba socio- political group, Afenifere, to mark the 90th birthday of Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
Mimiko opined that the grazing reserves bill might not see the light of the day as the nation’s constitution empowers state governors to allocate land or revoke same.
He complained that while there had been several calls on the need to resolve clashes between landowners and herdsmen, fresh killings are being perpetrated by people from a section of the country.
Mimiko wondered that, “for how long shall we continue to call for peace in the face of the prevailing situation; definitely something has to be done.
“No law has vested power on any person, be it a commission or whatever name it is called to take land for any use without the approval of the governor.”
