ANAMBRA
REJECTS GRAZING BILL
By:
Okeke Ruphina A.
FPO/HND/MC/015/149
The Speaker of
Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Rita Maduagwu, has said that the State
Assembly under her watch will not support the controversial Grazing Reserve
Bill, writes Ikeugonna Eleke.
The speaker who said grazing reserves were not a priority in the country for now, said the State House of Assembly would resist it as Nigeria could do without it.
She said the House had received petitions from segments of the state, including the League of Anambra Professionals (LAP), on the matter without even a single support for the bill.
She also said that the state has our various opinions, but for me I don't think grazing bill is one of the bills I will jump at because, honestly, we can do without it; it shouldn't be the priority in Nigeria.
'There are so many people in Nigeria that have cattle ranches, so if you can do cattle ranching, why grazing bill? Outside here, they kill cows, they eat cow meat without grazing bill, so why grazing bill? I won't be a party to it. I don't think I will jump at it, but if the state so wishes, I don't have any problem but personally I don't think it is a bill I will jump at because of all the controversies following it.
The speaker who said grazing reserves were not a priority in the country for now, said the State House of Assembly would resist it as Nigeria could do without it.
She said the House had received petitions from segments of the state, including the League of Anambra Professionals (LAP), on the matter without even a single support for the bill.
She also said that the state has our various opinions, but for me I don't think grazing bill is one of the bills I will jump at because, honestly, we can do without it; it shouldn't be the priority in Nigeria.
'There are so many people in Nigeria that have cattle ranches, so if you can do cattle ranching, why grazing bill? Outside here, they kill cows, they eat cow meat without grazing bill, so why grazing bill? I won't be a party to it. I don't think I will jump at it, but if the state so wishes, I don't have any problem but personally I don't think it is a bill I will jump at because of all the controversies following it.
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