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NASS can’t impose grazing law on states –Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the grazing bill before the National Assembly was uncalled for and said it is like “trying to kill a fly with sledge hammer.”
Obasanjo also absloved President Muhammadu Buhari from alleged killings by Fulani herdsmen in parts of the country, especially in the North Central and the south.
Delivering a keynote address at the 23rd Annual Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) Development Forum, organised in Abuja, Obasanjo said ranching and control of herders is a local issue and the responsibility of states and local governments as it is not within the responsibility of the Federal Government.
“Herdsmen are entitled to look after their cattle but they are not entitled to destroy the crops of farmers…When you are talking about Fulani people, people want the president to talk because he is a Fulani man.
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