Northern Youth Forum Backs Ban On Open Grazing. -Tells Presidency to Caution Malami, Others, Over Utterances Against Nigerians
Daily Rendezvous The Northern Leaders Youth Forum (NLYF) the umbrella body for some forty two northern youth groups have endorsed the ban on open grazing in the country and has also called for a national dialogue to address the countries problems. The Northern Leaders Youth Forum made this known at its 27th delegates' conference held in Yola, Adamawa State. Southern governors have penultimate week issued a ban on open grazing in the Southern part of the country. Addressing journalists in Yola, National Chairman of Norther Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF), Elliot Afiyo, condemned the Minister Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, for his utterance on the ban on open grazing. He said, "we have taken time to study the communique issued by the Southern Governors, especially on the ban on open grazing. "We want to state clearly that open grazing has been the greatest threat to the environment of the northern region and also a major ...