The Kwara State Government has established 2,500 hectares of land each at Lata in Patigi Local Government and Gidan Magajiya in Baruten Local Government Areas of the state as grazing reserves.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture and Rural Water Support Services, Honourable Anu Ibiwoye who disclosed this in an interview, said the grazing reserves require expansion and repair of existing facilities such as dams, roads, schools and other social amenities that would make the place more functional and enable intending Fulani herdsmen to settle there.

Ibiwoye who said that the Government is also looking at other issues related to the activities of the herdsmen to curtail cattle rustling, further stated that the Miyeti Allah Cattle Breeder Association (MACBA) had earlier in the year, paid a courtesy call on His Excellency with a view to collaborating with the State government to reduce cattle rustling and other related vices associated with herdsmen in the State.

The S.A. also said that the government is increasing its advocacy enlightenment by getting the communities to know the essence of the grazing reserves and to also let the herdsmen understand why they have to be confined to the grazing reserves only.

Ibiwoye observed that the economic loss that comes from activities of cattle rustling is huge and "we must as a government try to reduce such effects and the state government is a responsible one taking steps by working in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force to curb the excesses of the cattle rustlers".

Ibiwoye stressed that other social vices such as robbery and kidnapping are reportedly linked to activities of the Fulani herdsmen.

He disclosed that in Kwara North, there is a kind of understanding that exists between the farmers and the Fulani herdsmen whereby once it is farming season, the herdsmen avoid encroaching on farms but after harvesting, the farmers invite the herdsmen to come and graze for free on the leftovers from the harvest. These kind of understanding which gives for peaceful coexistence has not been achieved in the southern part of Kwara", Ibiwoye added.