Baba Ngelzarma, national president of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), says despite supporting President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s reelection bid in 2019, he neglected pastoralists.<\/p>\n
Ngelzarma, former secretary of the association who was recently elected president, said this on Saturday night in a chat with journalists in Abuja.<\/p>\n
The MACBAN president said while huge sums of money have been voted for the development of agriculture in the country, little or nothing has been earmarked for animal husbandry.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the eve of the last election that brought in Buhari for the second term, we endorsed him. We showed the world that we are with him but thereafter, up till now as I speak to you, nothing has been done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cBuhari has abandoned the pastoralists. This is very clear, whether Buhari or his lieutenants, the pastoralists have been abandoned by the government. In the last eight years, nothing tangible\u2026 while over N500 billion was spent on agronomy, nothing was spent on livestock, almost nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo and check all the state government\u2019s budgetary provisions including the federal government\u2019s budgetary provisions. If you see what is budgeted for livestock, you will be surprised.<\/p>\n
\u201cLivestock is being neglected completely.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nNgelzarma said though the association is happy about the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), it would do little or nothing to address the problems of pastoralists.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly recently the Buhari administration started implementing the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) where some states have accessed the N3 billion, N6 billion funding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome states started it, the one in Yola has started but we see it as a project that cannot solve the problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you think a livestock centre that can accommodate not more than 20,000 cows can solve the problem of the cows in Adamawa that are over two million? But as a model, it is okay, we appreciate it. At least the pastoralists will see how to modernise animal husbandry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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