Farmers in Ido-Ekiti in Ido-Osi local government area have appealed to Governor Biodun Oyebanji to enforce the anti-grazing law against invaders of their farms.

The chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Ido-Ekiti chapter, Oluropo Dada, made the appeal in an interview on Monday in Ido-Ekiti.

“I want to appeal to our governor to enforce the anti-grazing law against invaders of our farms,” he said.

Mr Dada said the incessant invasion of their farms by suspected local cattle herders had become a major problem for farmers in the community.

He noted that on Wednesday, one of the big farms of a member of the association was destroyed by cows which did not spare vegetables and food crops in the farm.

The chairman appealed to Mr Oyebanji to uphold the anti-grazing law to protect the hard work of farmers on their farms.

“Currently, our farms are being encroached on by cows, destroying our food crops and vegetables planted on the farm,” said Mr Dada. “We want the state government to assist us to secure our farms from further invasion by suspected local cattle herdsmen within and outside the community.”

The chairman, however, appealed to the chairman of the Ido-Osi local council, Lawrence Ogunsina, to help the farmers repair the roads leading to the farms to ease the smooth transportation of their harvested crops during the current rainy season.

According to him, farmers’ produce always get spoiled on the farm because of poor, inaccessible roads. 

(NAN)