Wike had in 2023 vowed that he would put an end open grazing in Abuja.
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has stated that plans are on to put an end to the roaming of cattle within the city centre.
The minister who expressed displeasure over the movement of cattle within Abuja city, made this known in Abuja in Wednesday, when he received in audience the Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Daniel Bertrand.
Wike explained that he had initiated multifaceted discussions with different relevant critical stakeholders on the need to end the roaming of cattle in the city, adding that fighting insecurity in FCT demanded multifaceted approaches which the administration was already adopting to defeat criminalities.
He asserted that his administration had also intensified partnership drives with the private sector transportation players, in a bid to beef up security in the city.
Wike had in 2023 vowed that he would put an end open grazing in Abuja.
The minister had made the vow while speaking upon his assumption of office as FCT Minister in Abuja.
Meanwhile, the immediate past Rivers State governor said herdsmen could rear their cattle outside the city but would no longer be allowed to graze on the grasses used for the beautification of the city.
He said, “We will consult with the herdsmen to see how we will stop (open grazing) because we can not allow cows inside the city.
“They can be outside the city because the grasses are outside the city. The grasses in city were planted to beautify the city. It is not that one that they would eat.
“So, we will discuss. Let us say it, you are trying inside the [presidential] Villa for example, and you see about 20,000 to 40,000 goats, if foreigners see that, how would they feel?
“We are not going to tolerate the issue of everywhere is market. Yes, I know that things are difficult, but that doesn’t mean you should cause crises for other people. You are looking for what to put in your stomach, it must be done within the framework of the law."
“In a city, people are selling with umbrellas under the trees. These things caused insecurity. We can not allow it,” he said.