Bayelsa has enacted a law prohibiting the open grazing of livestock in the state and establishment of ranching
Governor Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Yenagoa.
His words: “Bayelsa State welcomes all and sundry to eke out a living legitimately. The people of Bayelsa want to have a mutual and harmonious relationship with non-natives and natives.
“The essence of the law is to avert and forestall any clash between herdsmen, farmers, natives and non-natives as experienced in some states.”
The law, according to him, stipulates that any herdsman found with arms, whether licenced or not, should be arrested.
The regulation prohibits the movement of livestock strolling from other parts of the u . S . A . Into the kingdom, inspection of livestock and certification by veterinary doctors at access factors into the state amongst others.
Diri said via assenting to the law any person found carrying out open grazing of livestock walking commits an offence and would be arrested and prosecuted with the cattle impounded.
The Governor also signed into law the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law 2021.
He explained that the law become to save you certain dangerous practices in opposition to women and kids.
He said with its enactment, Bayelsa has domesticated the federal regulation, which have been in life.
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