Wike signs anti-open grazing bill, 4 others into law

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Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Wike on Thursday signed the Anti-Open Grazing bill and four other bills into law.

These bills:- the Valued Added Tax Law No. 4 of 2021; The Open Rearing and Grazing Prohibition Law No 5 of 2021; The Child’s Rights Amendment Law No 2 of 2021; The Residents Registration Agency Law No 6 of 2021 and the Naming and Renaming of Infrastructure Law No3 of 2021 – were recently passed by the State House of Assembly.

In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, Governor Wike said “we (Rivers State) are standing on the part of history as representatives of the state to have taken the bull by the horn to challenge the illegality of the of the Federal Government through the Federal inland Revenue Services (FIRS).”

While assenting to the bills, Wike said no state which intends to develop will allow open grazing of cattle.

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In his words “It is no longer a story. All of us know what our people have suffered in terms of this open grazing. Today all Nigerians have come to accept the reality that open grazing is no longer fashionable. Even our brothers in the north have agreed that it is no longer fashionable.”

He also noted that with the signing of the Child’s Rights Amendment Law No 2 of 2021, family courts can become operational in the State.

Speaking on the Residents Registration Agency Law No 6 of 2021, governor Wike explained that every resident in the State “will be registered so that the State Government can know their status, what they do and where they reside for purposes of security planning”.

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