Livestock: Reactions trail PS directives on hand-over at ministry

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh

Stakeholders in the livestock and animal science sector across the federation have expressed unhappiness to a recent directive by the Permanent Secretary (PS), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) asking the director of livestock department to hand over to another director who is an agricultural economist.

Food Farm News reliably gathered that the acting director, a woman had completely declined the order saying a letter to that effect must be officially produced for her to comply to the directive.  

Already sources told our correspondent that all concerned stakeholders have taken up the case to prevail on the PS who was recently posted from the Interior Ministry not to reopen old wounds in the department and to allow a professional to head the department according to best practices in the sub sector of agriculture across the globe.