Gov Ortom to sign 2 Bills today.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State will formally today sign into law the open grazing prohibition and establishment of ranches law as well as another on kidnapping.

The State House of Assembly had on May 4, passed the bill prohibiting open rearing and grazing of animals in any part of the state, thereby opening up the option for ranching to interested livestock breeders.

In a statement issued on Friday by the governor’s media aide, Terver Akase, Ortom will perform the assent ceremony during the state usual town hall/stakeholders meeting at the Government House in Makurdi. 

“The open grazing prohibition law is not the only legislation that Governor Ortom will sign  (today) during the stakeholders meeting. He will also give assent to the law on prohibition of hostage-taking/kidnapping, cultism and similar activities recently passed by the Benue State House of Assembly,” the statement reads in part.

Akase added that the two laws are part of the Ortom administration’s efforts to guarantee security of lives and property and to ensure that peace prevails in all parts of the state.

 

DailyTrust.