Livestock Reforms: Committee Submits Inception Report To President Tinubu
The Presidential Committee on Livestock Sector Reforms Implementation has submitted its inception report to President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking to newsmen shortly after meeting with President at the State House in Abuja, the Chairman of the Committee and former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, said the committee was able to identify measures on how the Nigerian government can judiciously utilize the livestock industry in Nigeria.
Professor Jega also revealed that the one hundred and fifty two page document submitted to the President recommends measures that the government can use to mitigate the farmer/herders clashes across the country.
According to him, the Committee’s position is that it would be counterproductive to immediately stop open grazing as a traditional method of pastoralism.
He noted that both ranching and open grazing can coexist in the short term, until there is enough awareness and adequate infrastructure that will enhance the adoption of full ranching.
The committee prescribed a ten-year plan that would guide the government to ensure remarkable improvement in all aspects of the livestock in Nigeria.
Recall that President Tinubu had in July, inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms to address obstacles to agricultural productivity and open up new opportunities which will benefit farmers, herders, processors, and distributors in the livestock-farming value chain.
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