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The National
Livestock Training Programme (NALIT), a public-Private sectors driven model to
upscale livestock productivity, under the coordination of National Animal
Production Research Institute (NAPRI) has received a positive nod from Federal
Ministry of Foreign Affair (FMRA) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to
achieving market space expansion of the sub sector to the global world through
engagement of the youths in capacity building towards standard products of
fresh milk, meat and feeds production.
At the close
of the meeting, the Permanent Secretary (PS) FMRA Ambassador Sola Enikanlaiye
ordered that a implementation joint committee between the ministry and NALIT be
formed to expedite action of commitment to the project just as he commended the
visiting initiative, saying the composition of the involved stakeholders in the
programme is convincing as being able to proffer solution to incessant conflict
between herdsmen and farmers, and at the same time help in re positioning the
face of livestock to more economic viability, which he stated was the vision of
President Mohammudu Buhari to using agriculture as a tool of economic
diversification from oil and gas.
Ambassador
Enikanlaiye pointed that Foreign Affair Ministry is very strategic to every
aspect of government’s policies, being the nation’s window to the rest of the
world, pointing good best practice (GAP) from other countries can be well
copied through directives to all the country’s missions saying “the ministry
has launched global best practice project and have asked all our mission abroad
to isolate two or three best practices including agriculture, and report back
to the government. This is because there is nothing we are doing in Nigeria
that other countries have not done very well as we can learn from them and even
replicate”
He however
promised that the ministry would be ever ready to have partnership with NALIT
towards achieving training of our youths to the development of livestock in the
country added saying the message would
be communicated to the President.
The NALIT delegation
led by NAPRI Executive Director, Prof. C.A Lakpini had presented the objective
of the programme slated to be launched by 18th, July as speaker
after speaker in the visit wanted the full support of the FMRA towards the
establishment of five billion naira training centre for livestock productivity
that will be domiciled at the Institute for coordination to building capacity
for youths in terms of livestock production, processing and market with special
training for feeds provision for animals to mitigate conflict occasioned by
food scarcity.
At CBN, the
delegation was welcomed by the Deputy Director, Development Finance, Mr. Sani
Mohammed together with his financial team members where briefing on the purpose
of the visit was given by Prof. Lakpini as promise was also given that the
message would be conveyed to the Governor for immediate action.
The Deputy
Director advised that youth must be organized into cooperatives, and there
should be ready market by off takers who can apply for loan finance through
their banks.
Among the
delegation is NAPRI team, National Directorate Employment (NDE), The Miyetti
Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), National Sheep and Goat
Association (NASHGODAN, Youth Assembly Cooperative Society of Nigeria (YACSON)
Cattle Breeder and Dealers Association of Nigeria (CBDAN), Federation of
Agricultural Commodity Association of Nigeria (FACAN), Poultry Association of
Nigeria (PAN), Fodder Green Technologies Limited and the media.
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