Afenifere, has rejected the Grazing Commission Bill

Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical
group, Afenifere, has rejected
the Grazing Commission Bill
proposed by the National
Assembly to address the
burning issue of farmers and
Fulani herdsmen clashes
erupting in different parts of
the country.
Afenifere described the bill as
“anti-people.”
The bill proposes the
establishment of the National
Grazing Commission which
will preserve and control the
national grazing reserves and
livestock routes and other
matters related to it.

The group’s leader, Reuben
Fasoranti, while addressing
journalists in Akure, said the
bill, which empowered the
commission to acquire any
land anywhere in the country,
would violate the subsisting
Land Use Act and traditional
means of land holding if
enacted.
He noted that the bill was
being proposed allegedly to
favour the business of the
Fulani herdsmen at the
expense of the farmers whose
farms were always destroyed
by the Fulani’s cows in some
other parts of the country .
” We reject any law that would
rob the citizens of their
possessions and award to
another set of citizens as this
offensive bill attempts to do.
That is against the principle of
natural justice, ” Mr. Fasoranti
declared.