Africa Business Radio

Bishop of Ihiala Diocese of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Prof Israel Okoye, has warned that the insistence of the federal government to support open grazing may lead to food shortage in Nigeria.The former academic says the controversy about open grazing in Nigeria has become an unfortunate distraction from some fundamental issues on the economy, education, justice, equity, leadership and others, that needed to be addressed.He says although cattle rearing is the key feature of animal husbandry, their politicisation and seeming treatment as national obligations have attracted objection and resentment.