BAYELSA STATE GOVERNMENT ENACTS LAW PROHIBITING OPEN GRAZING OF LIVESTOCK IN THE STATE.

Written by on March 12, 2021

Bayelsa State Government has enacted a law prohibiting open  grazing of livestock in the State.

Governor Douye Diri assented to the livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 at the Executive Chamber  of  Government House, Yenagoa.

He said the essence of the Law was to ensure harmonious living between cattle dealers and other inhabitants of the State and to forestall Violent clashes being experienced in other parts of the  Country.

Diri said  that by assenting  to the  law, any person found engaging in open grazing  of  livestock on foot, commits  an offence  and  would  be  arrested  and  prosecuted  with the  livestock impounded.


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