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Daily Post Nigeria Bill on ranching divides Senate Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News Bill on ranching divides Senate Published on June 5, 2024 By Kayode Lawal Heated debate on a bill seeking to outlaw open grazing in Nigeria and replace it with ranches in the states of origin of pastoralists divided the Senate on Wednesday but scaled second reading. Division among senators on the bill centred around infractions on relevant provisions of the 1999 Constitution, and protocols of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, as regards free movements of persons and their property from state to state and country to country. The sponsor of the bill, Senator Zam Titus Tertenger (APC, Benue North-West) submitted in his lead debate that the bill, among others, proposes ranching as the only viable alternative for cattle breeding in Nigeria, advocates for the urgent need to transition from traditional livestock keeping methods to modern methods that are safer and healthier for both the herds and the herders.

He added that the ranches be established in the pastoralists’ state of origin without forcing it upon other states or communities that do not have pastoralists as citizens, just as, according to him, interested parties in the livestock business must seek and obtain approvals of their host communities to establish ranches for peaceful co-existence. According to him: “Reports have it that, since 2016, more than 4000 lives have been lost as a result of farm.

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