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Akwa Ibom State Government said it would inaugurate a special compliance unit for the implementation of the anti-open grazing law recently passed in the state.
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong, disclosed this in a statement issued at the end of the State Executive Council meeting held on Wednesday in Uyo, the state capital.
The Statement also directed the Ministry of Environment and Security agencies to take steps to immediately dismantle all illegal trading outlets on streets and roads in the state.
It noted that a two-week moratorium was granted to allow for sensitization and engagement with relevant stakeholders, to ensure voluntary compliance, adding that at the expiration of the two weeks effective 21st October, 2021, defaulters are to be arrested and prosecuted.
