Olufemi Atoyebi, IbadanThe Oyo State Government has said the Federal Government proposal of cattle colony is strange to the state, adding that it would not allow “a form of cattle rearing that encourages the animals moving around and infringing on other people’s rights.”The Commissioner for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, Oyewole Oyewumi, who said this in Ibadan, added that the state recognised ranching as a form of rearing cattle. He said, “As a policy of the Oyo State Government today, we encourage ranching over any other methods of cattle production and development. “We have heard talks about grazing reserves and recently about what they call cattle colonies. “They sound very strange to us, especially in the issue of cattle colonies and I think the idea is being mooted by the Federal Government, so we await further explanations as to what cattle colony is. “But the underlying thing for us as a state is that having our cattle in an enclosed area for control purposes is very critical to us.

Source: Punch January 21, 2018 20:38 UTC