The Chief of Army Staff,
Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, says the government’s efforts at achieving
national security, including the fight against insurgency in the North-East,
would be meaningless without food security.
Buratai made the disclosure
during the presentation of farm implements and items by the Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh to the Nigerian Army in Abuja.
The General explained that the
Army was investing in livestock, fisheries, poultry and other aspects of
agriculture, and that so far, the Army boasts of about 1,000 herds of cattle in
its ranches in different formations across the country.
He said, “The army is going
beyond carrying arms in the affected areas to ensure security, they are playing
active role in supporting the nation’s agriculture potential.”
“At the Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches
located in Giri on the outskirts of the nation’s capital, the ranch, which is
part of the Barracks Investment Initiative Programme of the Army, is stocked
with over 30 tonnes of feed concentrates, machines for making feeds and grass
seeds for producing pasture.
“The ranch has two breeds of
about 300 cows and the army is planning to replicate these at all Army
formations across the country,” Buratai said.
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