Diri to sign anti-open grazing bill into law
Daniels Igoni, Yenagoa
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, an executive bill seeking to ban open grazing of cows and regulate the business of livestock breeding and marketing in Bayelsa State would be passed into law on Wednesday.
The chairman of the state House of Assembly Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Trade, Industry and Investment as well as Environment and Security, Mr Tonye Isenah, said this during the public hearing on the bill organised by the committee at the Assembly Complex in Yenagoa on Monday.
The public hearing followed the Assembly’s successful first and second reading of the legislative document, which is titled, ‘Livestock Breeding and Marketing Regulation Bill, 2021’, during plenary on February 24.