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Heated Debate In Senate Over New Ranching Regulation Bill.
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Senator Titus Tartenger Zam sponsored the bill to regulate cattle rearing and ranching nationwide.
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The bill faced strong opposition from Senators Danjuma Goje and Adamu Aliero.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a heated debate erupted on the floor of the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday following the passage of a bill to establish the National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission.
This online media platform gathered that Senator Titus Tartenger Zam, representing Benue North West, sponsored the bill aimed at controlling and regulating the cattle rearing and ranching business nationwide.
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Explaining the bill’s principles, Senator Zam argued that the proposed Commission should manage, regulate, and preserve ranches across the country. He stated, “The proposed National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission is for the management, preservation, and control of ranches throughout Nigeria.”
However, the bill encountered strong opposition from Senator Danjuma Goje of Gombe and Senator Adamu Aliero of Kebbi.
The lawmakers and former governors argued that cattle rearing and ranching activities were more prevalent in the North than other parts of the country, stressing that lawmaking should be for the entire country and not for a section.
Goje specifically maintained that cattle routes begin from the far north and end in Lokoja as “the route does not extend to the South”.
In his contribution, the Senator representing Jigawa North-West, Hussein Babangida Uba, called for extra caution in passing the bill, given its trail of controversies in the past.
Other Senators who supported the bill contended that the proposed Commission would manage the farmers/herders crisis and that the Senate should pass it.
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The bill was passed after it was put to voice vote by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
It was referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Judiciary, and Legal Matters to be reverted in four weeks.
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