MIYETTI ALLAH CATTLE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (MACBAN) SAYS NEWLY CREATED MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT WILL BOOST NIGERIA’S FOREIGN EARNINGS.

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says the newly created Ministry of Livestock Development will boost Nigeria’s foreign earnings, reduce transhumance, poverty and conflicts associated with the outdated practice.

 National President of MACBAN, Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, stated this at a news briefing on Sunday in Abuja.

He stated that the livestock sector was currently valued at over N33 trillion and with the envisaged new investments, it is estimated to grow to over N75 trillion in a few years to come.

Othman-Ngelzarma also said that like the blue economy, a renewed livestock production system would save Nigeria billions of dollars in foreign exchange from the importation of powdered milk and other livestock products.

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