Senate has stepped down the second reading of three bills on cattle rearing in the country.
They are ‘A Bill for An Act to Provide
for the Establishment of Grazing Areas Management Agency and For Other
Related Matters 2016’ sponsored by Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso
(Kano-Central) and ‘A Bill for An Act to Provide for the Establishment
of National Ranches Commission for the Regulation, Management,
Preservation and Control of Ranches and for Connected Purposes 2016
sponsored by Senator Barnabas Gemade
(Benue North-East).
The third is ‘A Bill for An Act to
Control the Keeping and Movement of Cattle in Nigeria and for Other
Related Matters Thereto 2016’ sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi
(Enugu-North).
The Deputy President of the Senate,
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who raised a point of order when the lawmakers
began to treat the bills during Wednesday’s plenary, pointed out that
the Senate lacked the powers to deal with matters that are on the
Concurrent List, except on the Exclusive List.
The Majority Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, also supported Ekweremadu’s point.