Very recently, the mainstream and new media have been awash with negative stories essentially targeted at tarnishing the image of Imo State Government. What many do not know is that government is the people and not about any individual. When negative stories fly against the state, the individuals in the state are also adversely affected, warts and all. So anyone rubbishing the state with the misguided intent that the name of Dist. Sen Hope Uzodinma will be mired is only rolling in the ash of myopia. Simply put, any negative news about Imo Sta
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Youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has hailed the Enugu State House of Assembly over the passage of the anti-open grazing bill into law. The lawmakers during plenary on Thursday passed the bill after it scaled through third reading.h In a statement made available to journalists by the President-General of OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, he said the lawmakers had won the hearts of the people. The youth group said leadership was all about listening to the voice of the people and that the state lawmakers had shown
Read MoreGovernor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State is swimming against the tide. His decision to go against the position of southern governors on open grazing is damnable. It is a miscalculation. It is an albatross that will always come round to haunt him. No doubt, Uzodinma is looking at politics. But the issue at stake cannot be reduced to the sallies and frolics of politics. At issue here is the decision of the 17 governors of southern Nigeria to outlaw open grazing in the region with effect from 1st September, 2021. At their meeting of 5th July, 2021 i...
Read MorePress Release Akeredolu Signs Anti-Open Grazing Bill Into Law Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has signed into Law the Anti-Grazing Bill passed by the State House of Assembly. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo said the Governor Akeredolu signed the bill into Law in his office on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. "The move is in line with the resolution of the Southern Governors' Forum at its last meeting in Lagos where September 1st was set as the deadline for Governors in S
Read MoreTHE PROHIBITION OF GRAZING OF CATTLE IN RESTRICTED AREAS, LAW OF IMO STATE, 2006
EPIC PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT SIEVING THE NOISE FROM THE FACTS The Imo State Government, Southeast of Nigeria, has since 2006 enacted a comprehensive and pertinently viable law that has proved to be potent and effective in the management, control and enforcement of order on Cattle Grazing activities in the State. The law is known and called *"Prohibition Of Cattle Grazing In Restricted Areas, Law Of Imo State, 2006"*. Through the instrumentality of the above named law, the Government of Imo State has managed to contain grazing activities wi
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