Oyo state is to launch a task force to implement the ban on open grazing in the state in the next two months, Governor Seyi Makinde has said.
Makinde who spoke on Wednesday in Ogbomoso during a town hall meeting as part of activities to commemorate the second anniversary of the government also declared open grazing illegal in the State.
Speaking at the meeting at the Soun Ogunlola Hall, Oja-Igbo, Ogbomoso, the Governor said his government would soon create an alternative road to the Ibadan/Oyo/Ogbomoso Expressway, a Federal road which he said has been under construction for too long.
According to him, the State Government will construct the Iseyin/Ogbomoso road to link the Ibadan/Iseyin road already constructed and ensure travellers to Ogbomoso bypass the traffic snare on the federal road.
“In Oyo State, open grazing is against the law. The implementation plan will come out within the next six to eight weeks. So, to my brother from Oriire who spoke about open grazing, the Task Force will not be for Oriire alone, it will cut across Oyo State.
“So, whoever goes against the law in this state will face the wrath of the law and that is just it,” he said.
