Nigeria: The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) kicks against cattle ranching, says the model is expensive

Gilbert Ekugbe The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), South West Chapter, has kicked against the introduction of laws that prohibit open cattle grazing, noting that ranching is an expensive way of breeding cattle. The South West Zonal Secretary of the MACBAN, Mr. Meikudi Usman, disclosed this at a public hearing on a bill for a law to Prohibit Open Cattle Grazing that was organised by the Lagos State House of Assembly recently. Usman noted that pastoral farming, where animals are moved to different places during the rainy and dry seasons, was best for cattle rearing. In his words: "If cattle are bred in one place, the price could go up to about two million each. We agreed with some local chiefs in other states that anyone who wants to rear cows in a location should register and he should indicate when he is leaving. A Fulani man moves from one place to another to ply his trade, but we have some bad eggs that are fomenting trouble. The government should allow us to ...