The Federal Government on
Thursday said 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory had registered for
the National Livestock Transformation Plan as part of measures aimed at
establishing grazing reserves.
The Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, who stated this at the 44th National Council on
Agriculture and Rural Development, in Abuja, said seven of the states had
mapped out 400,000 hectares of land for grazing reserves.
Nanono said this as Acting
Director, Animal Husbandry Department in the ministry, Winnie Lai-Solarin, said
the 19 northern states, Oyo and Ogun states were among states that had
registered for the NLTP
The Spokesperson for the Senate,
Dr. Ajibola Basiru, on his part, challenged the Husbandry Department of the
Federal Ministry of Agriculture to produce grazing reserves gazettes which it
claimed, were in are 21 states of the federation including Oyo and Ogun states.
According to a report on
Thursday, the department said there were grazing routes in 21 states including
Ogun and Oyo.
Basiru in while responding
to enquiries from sources, faulted the ministry’s claims
He said, “Let them (Ministry
officials) send copies of the laws and the gazetted locations to me.”
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