The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said only persons with valid travel documents should cross borders with their livestock, adding that people from outside the country must respect state legislations that regulate grazing.
Fayemi, who is also the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, noted that despite the adoption of the 1978 Economic Community of West African States’ protocol on free movement, the Nigerian Immigration Service needs to ensure that only persons with valid travel documents cross the borders with livestock.
The NGF chairman stated this in Abuja on Thursday, while delivering a paper at the National Institute for Security Studies Executive Management Course.
The paper was titled, ‘Farmers-herders conflicts in Nigeria: Implications for national security.’ Read more