BENIN CITY- Edo State House of Assembly has discontinued further consideration of the bill to establish the control of Nomadic Rearing and Grazing Law.
The discontinuance of the bill followed consideration of the report of the joint Committee on the Public Hearing on the bill at the Committee of the Whole yesterday.
Henry Okhuarobo, Chairman of the Joint Committee during his presentation of the report said 54 Oral and written petition were submitted to the House.
He said that the committees carefully studied the petitions before arriving at the recommendation contained in the report.
According to him some of the findings indicated that Majority of people in the state were opposed to the bill and open grazing which exposes land owners and villagers to the unwholesome activities of the herdsmen.
The Speaker, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Justin Okonoboh in his remarks said that the discontinuation of the consideration of the bill was not the solution to the menace of herdsmen in the state.
He advised those who might have solution to the menace of herdsmen in the state to come up with bills to cure the ugly trend.
The Speaker also assured that the House would always do the bidding of the people and make laws that would be beneficial to them.
Meanwhile, a bill for a law to provide for the establishment of Edo State Small Town and Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency yesterday scaled second reading on the floor of the House.
