The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Douye Diri, says there are no cattle grazing routes in the state and the entire Ijaw land.
Diri said this during a media chat to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration at the Government House, Yenagoa, on Saturday.
He said cattle grazing routes were strange practice in Bayelsa and Ijawland in general.
WUZUPNIGERIA had reported that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on June 10 directed the Attorney-General of the Federation to commence revive grazing routes.
But the governor stated that while there could be cattle grazing routes in the northern part of the country, such practice was never part of the culture of a coastal state like Bayelsa whose people are traditionally fishermen and hunters.
He said, “I personally do not know any cattle grazing route in Bayelsa State. I am not countering Mr President. Maybe they have cattle grazing routes in the North, but here in Bayelsa we do not have cattle grazing routes.
“We are used to hunting, our people are hunters before now and fishermen. We eat more fish than even meat. We are traditionally, occupationally, culturally a fishing people. But we also have some few hunters who will hunt and complement fish.”
