Northerners Will Exploit Oil And Gas To Achieve Balance With The South

Northerners Will Exploit Oil And Gas To Achieve Balance With The South — Gombe Governor

Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has stressed the need to exploit the oil and gas deposits in the North in order to achieve a balance, Following the deadline of the open grazing ban in the South.

The Governor said this is necessary to have balance. "While oil and gas are discovered up North and there is oil and gas in the South, there will be balance".

The governor suggested thet the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan be hastened as herders might have to return to the North.

He said there is a need to develop the Wawa-Zange grazing reserve in the state to “accommodate the large number of herders that are likely to migrate to the North.”

Speaking on the purpose of his visit, the governor said, “We discussed the issue of Wawa-Zange grazing reserve. I think it is the largest grazing reserve that is gazetted in the whole of Nigeria totalling 144,000 hectares.

The governor said the move was in line with the resolution of the Southern governors that all states in the region should make a law prohibiting open grazing before September 1st.

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