The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed Animal Grazing Regulation and Cattle Ranch Establishment Bill, 2020, recommending three years jail term for offenders without any option.
The violators, according to Assembly, will also forfeit their herds of cattle or livestock to the State Government.
The Assembly said it passed the bill to address incessant clashes between herders and famers in Ogun State, which had led to loss of lives and property.
The passage of the bill followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Agriculture by Mr. Ganiyu Oyedeji at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo.
Mr. Oyedeji thereafter moved the motion for the adoption of the report, seconded by Olusola Adams and supported by other lawmakers through a voice vote.
The bill was later read and adopted clause-by-clause after which the motion for its third reading was moved by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff, and seconded by Mr. Wahab Haruna.
