The southern governors ban on open grazing is a legal decision informed by security threats
Among the many resolutions passed by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) which met recently at Asaba, Delta State, the presidency has deemed it fit to react only to the item dealing with the ban on open grazing. Although Forum Chairman, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has dismissed Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu as a rogue official who works for other interests rather than that of his principal, it needs to be underlined that the unanimous resolve by southern governors to ban open cattle grazing is a direct response to the increasing widespread security threats posed by armed and criminal herdsmen in all their states.