Nigeria, May 8 -- The Enugu House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed the Public Ranch Bill to regulate the operation of herders in Enugu State.

The bill empowers the Enugu State Government to set up an agency to regulate both government and privately owned ranches in the state.

The latest development comes days after suspected herders invaded Nimbo, a community in the same Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, killing at least four people.

Speaking during the passage of the bill, the member representing Igbo-Eze North Constituency II, Clifford Obe, argued that the legislation would end the recurring farmers-herders crisis in the state.

Mr Obe said the farmers-herders crisis was responsible for the low agricultural output in markets across the...