Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state said Tuesday that open grazing is now illegal across the 33 local government areas of the state.
The governor stated this while speaking during a Town Hall meeting held at the Soun Ogunlola Hall Oja-Igbo, Ogbomoso.
He said to ensure strict compliance with the ban on open grazing in the state, his administration will within the next six to eight weeks launch a task force to implement the ban on open grazing.
“In Oyo state, open grazing is against the law. The implementation plan will come out within the next six to eight weeks. So, to my brother from Oriire who spoke about open grazing, the task force will not be for Oriire alone, it will cut across Oyo state”, he said.
The governor added, “So, whoever goes against the law in this state will face the wrath of law and that is just it.”
Speaking further, he stated that the his administration will continually engage the people of the state in the budget process, and that a government team to collate data for the next budget will soon embark on consultation with the communities.
“When you engage with our team on budget, which will be going round very soon, make sure some of these roads are mentioned and I give you my promise that we will do all we can to ensure the right things are done.”
Governor Makinde assured the people that his government would soon create an alternative road to the Ibadan/Oyo/Ogbomoso Expressway, a federal road which has been under construction for long.
He stated that Oyo state government will construct the Iseyin/Ogbomoso road to link the Ibadan/Iseyin road already constructed and ensure that travelers to Ogbomoso bypass the traffic snare on the federal road.
“Concerning all the requests on road construction, we will plan ahead. Some of these projects will be included in the budget that we are going to come up with next year because we have to work with the fund in government coffers,” he said.
