ANTI-GRAZING BILL: CATHOLIC BISHOP OF MAKURDI DIOCESE WRITES SPEAKER OF BENUE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM TO: THE SPEAKER AND CLERK BENUE STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. FROM: MOST REVD WILFRED CHIKPA ANAGBE Cmf CATHOLIC BISHOP OF MAKURDI DIOCESE. RE: PUBLIC HEARING IN RESPECT OF A BILL FOR A LAW TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LIVESTOCK PROMOTION, DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATORY AGENCY, 2016 AND FOR PURPOSES CONNECTED THEREWITH DATE: 24TH DAY OF MARCH, 2017. PREAMBLE: The catholic Diocese of Makurdi is a religious body comprising one of the four Dioceses that make up the Catholic Church in Benue State. The church since its emergence on the Benue scene has continued to minister to the welfare of the people which is evident in the establishment of schools to educate the young, and hospitals to treat the sick, farms and other ventures to care for both the spiritual and the physical wellbeing of our faithful. For years now, the local communities where we work have continued to be under attacks with automatic rifles wherein many are killed, houses destroyed and property lo...