A member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Bamidele Salam, has spoken about the ban on Open Grazing in the country, AMILOADED reports.
Hon. Salam, who was of the opinion that all the regions should depend on the resources that is accruable to a particular region, said God has endowed each state with the resources they have in comparative advantage over other states.
He made the comment while featuring as a guest of the first edition of the Media Parley of the Osun Online Media Practitioners Association (OOMPA) on Monday.
Hon. Salam added that it was not ideal that funds from oil proceed should be used by other states to meet their financial obligations.
He said, “Nigeria will outlive all of us but a system that is leading us to so much frustration so much poverty in the land much change
“Traders in the north decide they are not going to be bringing foodstuffs to the South and the prices began to go up because of agitations, I said this is an example of what we are talking about. It means the South and the North also have certain comparative advantages that they can leverage on the economy…So no part of the country is equally endowed.
“So encourage each part of the country to develop on their own pace,” the lawmaker stated.
Hon. Salam added if the South region wanted cows and goats that they unable to rear, they should not hesitate to buy it.
“But they should not use the business of cattle rearing to destroy the livelihood of ours, to create insecurity and kill the farmers on their land.
“People will obtain loans from the bank to plant cassava and some cows will come and eat the cassava, who does that?
“In 2021, we are still talking about creating ranch, oh my God!
“Nigeria does not rank the first 20 in the number of cattles in the world. How does the countries that have millions manage theirs?
“I support the ban on Open Grazing, it is a sensible thing. Even at the Northern Forum, they said Open Grazing is no longer sustainable. I gave kudos to the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, he said Open Grazing is no longer sustainable.
“You cant say what you did more than 50 years ago and say that is what you do today, no one does that in the world,” he added.
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