The National Economic Council
(NEC) has approved the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) to address
the farmer/herder crisis in the country.
Atiku Bagudu, Kebbi governor,
disclosed this on Thursday while speaking with state house correspondents at
the end of a meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
Bagudu noted that the approval
was as a result of a memo presented by Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture.
The governor said the federal
government plans to attract N2 trillion into the country’s economy through the
livestock sector.
He said some obstacles, like
limited knowledge of Nigerian livestock assets by size, locations, water and
insecurity, have hindered the government’s policies to improve the sector.
“NLTP has been backed up with the
ECOWAS Heads of State and government approval since 2005, because whatever we
are doing in the livestock sector must incorporate the ECOWAS protocol,
otherwise, whatever success that is recorded in Nigeria can be complicated by
the ECOWAS arrangement which we are part of,” he said.
“It is about creating condition
to launch the peaceful transformation of the Nigerian livestock ecosystem to
add, at least, N2 trillion to the economy.
“The approach is to invest in the
livestock sector to provide ranches, mitigating the escalating crisis between
pastoralists and farmers.
“The strategy would be supported
by the development of an implementation plan, which Mr. President had already
approved, that provides a guiding framework to states for implementing NLTP,
which will be implemented in phases.”
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com