Establishes RUGA in three area councils The Federal Capital Territory Administration has prohibited open grazing of cattle in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Administration said it had communicated the directive to the leadership of the Fulani herdsmen in the FCT. Disclosing this in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, the Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Hassan Abubakar, stated that the one-month ultimatum issued to the pastoralists had expired, adding that violators would be sanctioned henceforth. The decision of the FCTA is coming against the ban on open grazing by the Northern Governors’ Forum, which described the practice as