We Have No Land For Grazing In Ekiti - Fayose

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has
insisted that there is no land for grazing in
the state, noting that power to assign land
belongs to the governor.
Fayose who spoke during the May edition
of ‘Meet Your Governor’ his monthly media
chat, said the rampaging Fulani herdsmen
who have been terrorizing communities in
parts of the country would meet their
waterloo in Ekiti if they dare attack anyone.
He said: “If you bring your cow to come and
eat up my farmland, I will put
Gammalin 20
inside the water that they will drink from.
That is what I will do to those destroying
our communities and raping our wives,” he
said.
“I heard that 83 cows have been killed since
I made the statement. If you come to Afao
and eat up my palm tree, we have set traps
for grass cutters and rodents and the trap
will catch them.
“There is no land for grazing in Ekiti state.
Power to assign land belongs to the
governor. Tell them that there is no land for
grazing here because it is my right to sign
the certificate of occupancy.”
Fayose was apparently reacting to the
National Grazing Bill which has
purportedly scaled through second reading in
both the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
The bill was sponsored by Senator Zainab
Kure, Senator representing Niger South
Senatorial District.
If passed and signed into law, "the bill seeks
to provide for the establishment of national
grazing reserves and stock routes. The Bill
proposes to establish a National Grazing
Reserve Commission (NGRC) for the
country.
"The NGRC will be charged with the
responsibility of using funds received from
the Federal Government to forcefully
acquire farmlands from Nigerians in all the
36 states of the country, develop same at
government expense through the provision
of bore holes, water reservoirs, etc; for the
exclusive use of nomadic cattle rearers.”
Meanwhile, commenting on reports that he
was billed to be picked as the running mate
of Senator Alimodu Sheriff in the 2019
Presidential election, Governor Fayose said
he is qualified to be the running mate of the
presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party in 2019.
Fayose, who is known to have influenced
the emergence of Ali Modu Sheriff as the
national chairman of the party, said Sheriff
will continue to preside over the party till
the next general election.
His words: “Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is the
PDP chairman and he is going to continue in
office. If he gives me the VP slot, it is a
good thing for Ekiti people even though, you
cannot set out to say you want to be VP.
“But you people should not worry yourself
about 2019 because nobody knows who will
be alive in 2019 but mentioning my name for
VP is good for Ekiti.
“I am qualified to be VP if it is the will of
God. God is taking me to a higher place,
how, I don’t know.”