Founder of the Christ Apostolic Church, Agbala Itura, Pastor Samuel Abiara, has admonished the Nigerian government for allowing open grazing and indiscriminate movement of cattle in the country.
He urged the authorities to stop it, saying it was a source of embarrassment.
Addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Abiara said:
“Although the government is trying on this issue (herders/farmers clashes), I will like to advise the government to borrow a leaf from developed nations where you cannot see an illicit movement of cattle across their roads.
“Most of our leaders travel abroad to countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and the likes, they can never see these animals moving about the city centres, we must find a way around this.
“It is very embarrassing, even for visitors, to see this happening in our country, so I want to advise the government to make adequate arrangements like other developed countries.”
The evangelist also condemned the display of arms by herdsmen and urged the government to act fast on this before it degenerates further.
“It is not good that the herdsmen carry arms in the farms, this is uncalled for, the government should find adequate solutions to this.
