Osun government clear air on anti-open grazing Law

Osun State Government has revealed that the recently passed anti-open grazing law is not meant to segregate members of the Fulani community in the State.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Civic Engagement, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye made the revelation yesterday during a stakeholders’ meeting with the Fulani community in Osogbo, the state capital.

Oyintiloye disclosed that the government appreciates the harmonious and cordial relationship that had existed with the Fulani community and promised to do all within its powers to protect it.

In his remark, the Chairman, Committee on Peaceful Coexistence between Fulani/Bororo and Crop Farmers in the state, Mudasiru Toogun described the law as a legal framework with the intention to regulate the business activities of all herders.