Dialogue with pastoralist leaders to stop cows from roaming Abuja streets – Presidency

The Presidency connected Friday said dialog with the enactment of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) was meant to halt cows from roaming the streets of the metropolis centre of the nation’s capital, Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the dialog was held astatine the lawsuit of the Chairman, Board of Trustees of MACBAN, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha.

In his remark, the Senior Special Assistant to the President connected Livestock Development, Idris Abiola-Ajimobi, reiterated the committedness of President Bola Tinubu’s medication to uncovering lasting solutions to the challenges bedevilling pastoralists successful the country.

“We are present for a stakeholders’ engagements meeting. It’s a gathering to dialog with the livestock stakeholders to fto them recognize the efforts that are being made by the medication of President Tinubu.

“We are moving unneurotic with the Ministry of Livestock Development and different applicable agencies to code the basal causes of the problems.

”The contented of livestock moving astir the streets of Abuja. We indispensable archetypal lick the contented of greasing reserves; we are moving connected ranches, and we are moving connected the Special Agro Industrial Processing Zone.

“We are besides moving connected reviving the grazing reserves, providing feeds and ranches whereby pastoralists tin find a harmless portion to run successful to permission and coexist arsenic good arsenic person each the basal societal amenities they need.

”Like feeds, water, the healthcare system, veterinary clinics and different indispensable services,” Abiola-Ajimobi said.

Also, Dr Balarabe Kakale, Special Assistant to the Minister of Education connected Almajiri and Out-of-School-Children Education, said

The gathering besides looked astatine the all-inclusive efforts of the Federal Ministry of Education.

“The gathering interacted with each the stakeholders and leaders, chiefly of MACBAN, successful Abuja and surrounding states and unanimously came up with 1 precise important resolution.

“They are acceptable to spouse with the sustainable grazing solutions of the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, for which acquisition is the cardinal component.

”And they were acceptable to determination to the grazing reserves of Abuja. So far, the required amenities are each provided there, and of course, they are astir the nomadic schools, veterinary and aesculapian clinics, electricity, water, mini dams, among others.

”And they are each acceptable to cardinal into the all-inclusive acquisition transformative docket of this medication to get each kid into functional acquisition and learning,” helium said.

For his part, the National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, affirmed that the gathering was organised to code the concerns of cows roaming the metropolis centre.

”And to besides code the contented of education, peculiarly the contented of out-of-school children, of which the pastoralist children are the majority.

”Out of astir 20 cardinal out-of-school children successful Nigeria, we judge 80 per cent of them beryllium to the pastoralist children.

”So, the issues of interest were raised and addressed here.You tin spot the congregation; we privation to marque Abuja a model. We privation to commencement practising it present and spot however it is going to enactment for us.

” You tin spot we person invited each the stakeholders, the enactment of MACBAN from the six Area Councils of the FCT, and those families whose cows are roaming the streets of the metropolis centre.

“We each invited them to perceive from them. Let’s cognize what the process is that is bringing them into the city, and however tin we halt it?” helium said.

Othman-Ngelzarma disclosed that a committee would beryllium acceptable up to find a lasting solution that would halt cows from roaming the metropolis centre. (NAN)

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