Anti-Grazing Law
7 Mar 2024
Miffed by non-implementation of anti-grazing law three years after, Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, summoned a stakeholders’ meeting at the state's Assembly Complex, Asaba, to stop herders from "still engaging" in open-grazing in the state.
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