A pan-Northern socio-political organisation, known as the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has asked the Federal Government to stop foreign herders from infiltrating the country.
The National Chairman of the ACF and former Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, in a statement, on Tuesday, said his group affirm its support for the ban on open grazing by the Southern governors.
According to him, most of the violent herders are from neighbouring countries, adding that the “Federal Government must stop them.”
The former Agriculture Minister urged the FG to review Article 3 of the ECOWAS protocol, which touched issues of the free movement of cattle and other livestock into the country without restriction.
Although, he said the group will not object to decisions taken in the best interest of Nigerians.
Ogbeh, therefore, urged the Northern governors to emulate the southern governors in favour of the development of ranches across their states.
