There is no Grazing Reserve Bill before the Senate, I confirmed from the Clerk - Sen. Abaribe says

Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe

Abia State Senator, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has called on the Committee on Rules and Business of the Senate to clarify news making rounds regarding the existence of a Grazing Reserve Commission bill before the National assembly.

Mr. Abaribe making the call at plenary on Thursday under a point of order said he sought clarification from the clerk of the Senate and confirmed that contrary to media reports, there was no such bill.

According to him “I have gotten more than 1,000 calls and this has to do with something called the Grazing Reserve Commission Bill.

“When I asked where is the information coming from, they said the information is coming from the social media.

“Mr President the last time a Grazing Reserve Commission Bill came to this Senate was in the 7th Senate and was proposed by Sen. (Zainab) Kure who is no longer in the Senate.

Mr. Abaribe said when he reported that such bill was not before the Senate, he was labelled an absentee senator by some members of his constituency.

“So the reason why I am making this personal explanation is so that my constituents in Abia South will know that there is no such bill called Grazing Reserve Commission Bill before this Senate." he said.

“I have taken time to ask the clerk and every other person to say where is this bill that has passed second reading and they said they also are in confusion, they have never seen such thing,” he added.

The observation was noted by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who was presiding at the time.

There had been reports that alleged that a Grazing Reserve Bill, seeking  to establish a commission that will take land in any part of Nigeria as grazing reserve was before the Senate and had passed a second reading .