By SUMAYYAH ADEFAKA
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday met with President Muhammadu Buhari in State House Abuja, to solicit for the provision of funds for those interested in setting up ranches in his state.
The governor, while addressing journalists after meeting the President, said most states in the South had enacted laws on the anti-opening grazing ban as agreed, but that Edo was yet to do so because the government wanted to ensure that it could enforce the law.
Speaking on ranching as a business, Governor Obaseki told President Buhari that Edo people had resolved that ranching was a private business, but since it was an expensive enterprise, the Federal Government should provide funds for interested individuals under the auspices of the National Livestock Transformation Programme.
He talked about the indebtedness of Federal agencies to the state and requested President Buhari’s intervention.
“I informed him about some amounts of money some Federal agencies were owing the Edo State Government and he promised to address them to ensure that the sums of money are paid. Those were the things I came to discuss with the President,” he said.
The governor also commended President Buhari for his intervention in the effort to retrieve Edo artifacts from Europe and other countries, assuring him that the state would continue to support his administration.
