Eminent lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has a message for President Muhammadu Buhari over his approval of the review of 368 grazing reserves across 25 states in the country.

Falana said; “With profound respect, the point has to be made that we need a united action; we need a national resolution, we need a scientific solution to this problem.”

“As far as the law is concerned, the president cannot, with profound respect, be talking of looking for grazing routes in 2021 Nigeria.”

“The Northern Governors’ Forum, the Southern Governors’ Forum, even Miyyeti Allah and other relevant stakeholders have come to the conclusion that open grazing is obsolete and no longer relevant.”

“In this particular instance, apart from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the land in every state in Nigeria is vested with the governor on behalf of the people. The president cannot impose any land policy on the state governors.”

“Under the Land Use Act, the president has no control over and outside the FCT, and I think that point has to be made very clear.”

“As far back as 2018, the federal government came up with a policy called the National Livestock Transformation Plan, including ranching. This policy was adopted by the 36 governors.”