Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said anyone who opposes the southern governors on open grazing ban is an evil person who has a hidden agenda.
The governor stated this on Thursday in Makurdi, the Benue state capital during the ‘Media Week and Communications Day 2021’ organised by the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi.
Expressing surprise that some people have taken to criticize and castigate the southern governors, Ortom stated that the Southern governors have not done anything wrong.
While noting that his southern counterparts had towed the right path of addressing insecurity in Nigeria, he stressed that open grazing was no longer feasible in the country due to development and population growth, insisting that the nation had great potentials and should, ordinarily, have no business with poverty if the security of life and property were guaranteed in communities to allow for farming and other ventures to flourish.
Speaking further, he appreciated his Southern colleagues and the people of the Southern part of Nigeria, for coming together to adopt ranching as the global best practice and the best practice in Southern Nigeria.
He also appreciated the church and Muslims in the state, as well as residents for remaining supportive of his administration.
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