Abstract At the meeting of the 17 Southern Governors held in Asaba, Delta State, the Governors resolved among others to ban open grazing in the Southern Part of Nigeria, as a step to tackle Farmers-Herders crisis in the South. No sooner had the meeting lapsed that comments, criticisms and paroxysms ensued in different quarters of the Federation, particularly from political pundits, legal minds and concerned members of the society. While some sections have argued that placing a ban on open grazing was a step in the right direction to palliate the spate of farmers-herders crisis, others have criticised the decision of the Southern Governors, labelling same as an infringement of fundamental rights to freedom of movement and ownership of property. And some have even noted that the banning of open grazing by the Southern Governors, is analogous to proscription of sale of goods and services by some section of the country in the North.