ekiti : Farmers, herdsmen clash: Ewi, Sultan want night grazing banned

Ado-Ekiti—As part of efforts at putting an end to incessant clashes between farmers and cattle herdsmen in the State, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III have recommended a total ban on night grazing of cow herds in Ekiti State...



At a conference held at the palace of Ewi of Ado Ekiti yesterday, the traditional rulers declared that night grazing should be prohibited from 6pm to 6am, adding that committees made up of farmers, cattle herdsmen, security agencies, representatives of traditional rulers and representatives of Local Government Areas should also be established at community, Local Government Area (LGA) and state levels.

The parley, which was organized to settle the persistent conflicts over alleged grazing rights and destruction of farms by cattle herds, was attended by representatives of the State Government led by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Kehinde Odebunmi; members of the Ewi in Council; representatives of the Sultan of Sokoto and National leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) led by its National President, Alhaji Muhammadu Kirwa Hardon Zuru; representatives of the Police and Department of State Services (DSS) as well as various farmers’ groups and leaders of the cattle rearers in the state.

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