The Presidency on Monday described as illegal, the recent ban on open grazing by the Southern Governors’ Forum. The governors had on May 11 banned open grazing and movement of cattle in a bid to check clashes between farmers and the herdsmen in the region. At a meeting held in Asaba, Delta State, the governors also demanded the devolution of power to the federating units and state police. However, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, who reacted to the development in a statement in Abuja, said the governors’ ban on open grazing has a “questionable legality.” Shehu stressed that the resolutions offered no solution to the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the country. He added that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a number of measures aimed at ending the crisis. He said: “The President had approved a number of specific measures to bring a permanent end to the frequent skirmishes as recommended by the Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanno, in a report he submitted and the President signed off on it back in April well before the actions of the Southern Governors’ Forum which attempts to place a ban on open grazing and other acts of politicking intended by its signatories to demonstrate their power. “It is very clear that there was no solution offered from their resolutions to the herder-farmer clashes that have been continuing in our country for generations.