Ban on open grazing: EPIA hails South/South Governors

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By Isaac Eranga

Benin City: Edo Indigenous Movement (EIM) also known as Edo Progressive Indigenous Association (EPIA), has lauded Governors from the South/South region of Nigeria over their  unanimous decision to ban open grazing in the region, in line with Edo Indigenous movement call for open grasing in Edo,This commendation was made by the President and Founder of EPIA, Chief Dr Bishop Omogiade Enoyiogiere Edokpolo while briefing newsmen on the state of the nation in Benin City.

According to the Edo indigenous leader, the destruction rendered by open grazing by herdsmen, is wanton. He said apart from the destruction of farmlands, it has led to the killing and maiming of many persons who are mainly indigenes.

"As human lives are lost and crop yields damaged, food security is not only being hampered but precious manpower to support economic growth is reduced. 

"Again as the animals are taken round through the open grazing system, they do not only pollute a few available water sources to the local people but also through their destructive activities, bring their breeders and the settled farming communities into conflicts that heighten inter ethnic tensions in the country. 

"As all these happen, we are of the view that there is ominous danger to national integration and overall sustainability especially as these happenings are mostly perceived by people in the south/south region of the country as signs of failure, imperialism and favoritism by the President, Muhammad Buhari to his tribesmen, the Fulani, over other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.

"The question that looms large now is, what could have been the remote and immediate dangers posed to the future of our country by a grazing system suspected to be the driver of all these problems and how can the dangers be mitigated in order to place Nigeria in general and south/south in particular on the track of sustainable development? This is where we welcome the decisions of the south/south governors", said Chief Dr Edokpolo.

The EPIA boss used the medium to call for a quarterly south/south summit on security.

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