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| Dr. Mairo Ahmsi with Yobe NUJ chairman, Rajab Mohammed during the NUJ Ministerial Press briefing in Damaturu |
From JOE Hemba
Yobe State Government is the leading state in the development of the Federal Government Ranching Initiative called Livestock Development Centre (LIDC).
The Commissioner for Agriculture in the State Dr. Mairo Ahmshi disclosed this at a Ministerial Press Briefing Organized by the NUJ, Yobe State Council for ministries to give account of their activities.
According to Dr. Amshi,, Yobe State Government has established three Livestock Development Centers in the three senatorial districts of the state. The ranches are located at , Jakusko/ Nasari grazing reserve (49,600 htr), Badegana, Bursari (19,000ha) and Gurjaje, Fika (9,300 ha) all gazetted.
The commissioner disclosed that the Yobe State Government has already gone ahead of many states in the country in providing social amenities on the grazing reserves so as to reduce crisis and problems related to farmers/ headers.
“The main reason for establishing the Centers is to provide utmost security, minimize herders movement from one place to another, minimize farmer herder conflicts, improve Livestock value chain, dairy industry and revenue generation for the State. To crown it all the State Government has already provided some structures like; Boreholes, Earth-dams, Veterinary clinic, Dispensary, Primary school for herders Children, feedlot, feed mill, Artificial insemination centers, Fish ponds, Herders settlements, Milk collection centers, access road, Electricity etc,” she explained.
Dr. Mairo added that the state government has a strong commitment to the development of livestock and there embarked on the vaccination dogs, goats, sheep and other livestock in the state on a mass scale.
“It is on record that from the year 2019 to 2020 over 846,598 herds of Cattle, Sheep and goats were vaccinated.it may also interest you to know that over 751 dogs were vaccinated within the same period. For the year 2022, the Ministry in collaboration with ICRC are currently undergoing some vaccination excises within the State. So far, over 450,000 exterse herds of Cattle, Sheep and Goats have been treated. The excises is still going on and we are expecting more numbers of Animals to be vaccinated,” Dr. Mairo explained.
Dr. Mairo also announced that “Yobe has 135 veterinary surgeons and 47 animal scientist with 5 equipped veterinary clinics, one each in a zonal office as well as 17 Area Veterinary/Livestock offices across the state as additional measure of boasting animal production in the state.”.
She added that:
“In the year 2021, Yobe state has come up with Agricultural Policy which support both livestock and other agricultural sector. This could be one of the reasons the Federal Government through Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) collaborated with Yobe State and set up 3 livestock Development Centers (LDC) one each in a senatorial zone of the state, namely
“Furthermore, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in collaboration with Yobe State Government has established National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) North East Out-Reach Station at Damaturu as well as secured approval from FGN to participate in Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Program (L-Pres programme).
“Yobe State Government also has a Livestock Investigation and Breeding Center (LIBC) located in Nguru thus, the State has expressed interest in the livestock Breed Improvement Programme. These are all to enhance livestock and livestock product production.
“Finally, the State Government in its effort to boost irrigation farming in the State, over 2000ha of Land has been developed at LAVA irrigation scheme, already preparatory activities for the year 22 farming season is taking place,” .
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