By Yemi Olakitan
Dr. Godfrey Enitan, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Delta State, has claimed that the state’s 35 flashpoints for unlawful cattle grazing have been located.
This was said by Enitan to reporters on January 18, 2023, in Asaba, the state capital, following the committee meeting.
According to him, the goal of the conference was to examine the ministry’s actions and decisions related to the implementation of the law on livestock restrictions in order to put an end to conflicts between farmers and herders in the state.
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He said the committee had put the necessary systems in place to start educating the taskforce and other stakeholders as part of the process of implementing the policy.
The State Livestock Management Committee has identified 35 hotspots of unlawful cattle grazing in the state as part of ongoing activities. “Modalities are being worked out, and we’ll take steps to make sure the offenders are caught and forced to answer to the law.” Taskforce will be hired and trained to track down the locations and lawbreakers as we start the policy’s execution. After the numerous sessions the committee held, he declared, “It is time to swing into action. We shall shortly start sensitising the masses again as implementation would be done stage by stage.”
Enitan, who also serves as the state Chairman of the Delta State Livestock Management Committee (DSLMC), stated that the implementation would begin in February following the security personnel’s profiling of the chosen taskforce.
Although the current administration would soon end, the commissioner stated that the committee had put in place the necessary framework for the new administration to carry on with its policies.
