Africa Business Radio

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly committed an anti-open grazing bill to the Committee on Agriculture after it scaled second reading.The House also read for the first and second time, the state’s Value-Added Tax bill and asked the Committee on Finance handling it to report back on Thursday.Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, described the Prohibition of Open Cattle Grazing Bill as timely and one that would ensure harmonious relationships between herders and farmers and protect the environment of the state and the South West.He suggested that the bill should make provision for the registration of herders and prepare them for ranching.