By Osahon Osahon
The Delta State Government has categorically stated that it was not acquiring lands for herdsmen or for the purpose of establishing ranches, as wrongly reported in some quarters.
The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu made the clarification in a statement on Friday in Asaba.
He noted that the bill before the State House of Assembly was for the regulation of livestock breeding, raring and marketing in the state.
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According to him, “ranching, like any other business, was a private concern and therefore anyone interested in establishing ranches in any part of the state was free to acquire land for the said purpose in accordance with relevant laws that regulates private ownership of any legitimate business.”
Aniagwu therefore urged Deltans and the general public to disregard the earlier information that government was providing land for herdsmen as alternative to ban on open grazing.
