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The controversial bill for the establishment of a National Grazing Reserves Agency appeared before the senate today and passed first reading.
The National Grazing Reserves Agency Bill was sponsored by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Kano Central.
The bill, which has already passed second reading in the House of Representatives, has been a source of in the southern and north-central part of the country especially against the backdrop of violent attacks by Fulani herdsmen.
The bill seeks to establish grazing reserves and stock routes for cattle rearers in all the states of the country.