Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will
visit Adamawa today September 10 to inaugurate the National Livestock
Transformation Plan (NLTP).
The plan which is to run from
2019-2028, is an initiative of the federal government in collaboration with
states under the auspices of the National Economic Council (NEC).
It is targeted at supporting the
development of Nigeria’s livestock sector and will initially be implemented in
seven pilot states of Adamawa, Benue, Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarawa, Taraba and
Zamfara.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the inauguration of the programme in Adamawa is to formalise what
has been agreed upon by state governors at NEC.
Controversy
NAN recalls that Mr Osinbajo had,
while speculations were rife regarding RUGA, clarified that he was not
supervising RUGA.
He had said that RUGA and the
NLTP were not the same.
Few days after the vice
president’s clarification, President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the RUGA
initiative.
Findings from the Office of the
Vice President indicate that the suspension of the Ruga Settlement initiative
has not been reversed.
Both the RUGA and the NLTP were
expected to, among others, put an end to the violence between nomadic herdsmen
and farming communities over grazing rights.
The successful launch of the
programme on Tuesday in Yola will make Adamawa the first to endorse and
implement the programme (NLTP) in the country.
The NLTP will focus on
modernising livestock production using a mix of nomadic breeding and ranching
that would serve a modernised dairy and meat processing industry.
It will develop a plan for
resettling and addressing dislocated populations in key conflict zones like
Adamawa to enable them become a part of the agriculture modernisation process.
It is also to provide mechanism
for peaceful dialogue and reconciliation in the affected communities towards a
harmonious multi-cultural, interdependent and mutually-beneficial future.
(NAN)
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