(LOCAL) NEC Okays Livestock Plan, Moves To Attract N2trn

 

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   Briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, said the development plan would attract N2trillion to the livestock sector.

    According to Bagudu, the council approved the plan in recognition of the importance of livestock, as an economic activity. He said the plan was designed to create the basis for leading agric business to emerge from the livestock sector, as in the farming sector.

   “NLTP is about creating a condition to launch the peaceful transformation of the Nigerian livestock ecosystem to add at least N2tr to the economy.” The governor further explained that the current policies and strategic intention at both national and state levels to improve livestock production have been hampered by many obstacles including limited knowledge of Nigerian livestock asset by size, locations, water and insecurity.

  He added: “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.”