Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has insisted that the state government’s ban on open grazing is constitutional and irreversible.
Diri, who announced the government’s stance in a state-wide broadcast yesterday to commemorate the 2021 Democracy Day, spoke against the backdrop of reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had restored grazing routes across the country.
He insisted that the reported pronouncement by the President was not applicable to the state, saying that Bayelsa has no grazing routes because the people are fishermen.
His statement followed the state government’s seizure of 34 cows for breaching the state’s ban on open grazing and pledged to enforce the law to the letter.
