Alia made the call on Friday in Makurdi while declaring open the Benue Livestock Summit 2025, saying that ranches remained the only reasonable animal husbandry worldwide. He said that the goal of the state government was to integrate Benue into the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project to bridge existing gaps in livestock infrastructure. “I also wish to reaffirm our administration’s commitment to the Prohibition of Open Grazing and Ranches Establishment Law 2017 (as amended). “It is my hope that the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development will take the lead in national legislative reforms to prohibit open grazing and promote ranch establishment nationwide.