Bayelsa State Government has signed the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 into law, prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state. Governor Douye Diri who signed the bill into law at Government House, Yenagoa, said its essence was to ensure harmonious living between cattle dealers and other residents of the state and to forestall farmer-herder clashes being experienced in other parts of the country. “Bayelsa State welcomes all and sundry to eke out a living legitimately. The people of Bayelsa want to have a mutual and harmonious relationship with non-natives and natives. The essence of the law is to avert and forestall any clash between herdsmen, farmers, natives and non-natives, as experienced in some states of the country.”