Gombe Agric Commissioner Visits Wawa-Zange Grazing Reserve, Says Facility to Begin Operation Soon

...As Emir of Dukku Hails Governor Inuwa for Keying into FG's Livestock Transformation Scheme

Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has been commended for working in synergy with the federal government and other relevant agencies to ensure the smooth implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Programme which seeks to boost the production of livestock and its value chain in the country.

The Emir of Dukku, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Haruna Abdulkadir Rashid II gave the commendation when the Commissioner of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Muhammad Magaji Gettado called on him at his palace in Dukku shortly after undertaking a tour of Wawa-Zange grazing reserve in a string of visits to inspect completed and ongoing projects at the colony to make it habitable for herders and their animals.

The monarch said his emirate council is in full support of the initiative because of the fact that if fully implemented, the programme will not only help herders from risky distant travels by foot, but will also curtail the perennial farmers/herders clashes.

He particularly praised Governor Inuwa Yahaya's passion and determination towards ensuring the revival of Wawa-Zange grazing reserve and for his wonderful policies targeted at revamping agricultural activities and livestock production in the state.

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Muhammad Magaji Gettado assured of the determination of Gombe state Government to transform the Wawa Zange grazing reserve as way of keying into the vision of the National Livestock Transformation Programme of the Federal Government.

Sites inspected by the Commissioner include the completed 20-bed capacity hospital, the ongoing construction of a veterinary clinic and large expanse of ware hay currently being nurtured to maturity. Other areas visited by the Commissioner and members of his entourage included the already dredged dams located at the grazing reserve settlements centre and the one in Galumji recently awarded by the administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya to harvest more rain water for the benefit of the livestock.

The Commissioner who expressed satisfaction with the level of work at the grazing reserve, however challenged the contractor handling the veterinary clinic to speed up work so that herders can begin to enjoy services to be provided there.

He said when eventually completed, the grazing reserve will house 6 hospitals, 6 veterinary clinics, a milk collection centre, 16 boreholes and a modern abattoir to add up to the existing schools for nomadic education.

"Gombe State Government will leave nothing to chance. We will employ health workers and veterinary staff to man each facilities when completed and ready for use and we are going to equip these facilities with state of the art equipment".

He said Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya is committed to the successful completion of the project hence the award of contract for the dredging of two earth dams which were left unattended to since it was dug some 40 years ago.

It will be recalled that Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya had while featuring in a special NTA's current affairs programme Tuesday Live last week, said his administration is working assiduously to explore various value chain opportunities in the livestock sector through the planned dedication of about 250 hectares in the proposed Gombe industrial park for agricultural industrial cluster.

He equally maintained that Gombe was among the first states to key into the Federal Government's Livestock Transformation Project, which identified the Wawa-Zange grazing reserve as the pilot site, saying the state is taking maximum advantage of the grazing reserve, which is a gazetted reserve with over 140, 000 hectares and carrying capacity of about 2 million heads of cattle and other small ruminants.

Source: https://factualtimesng.com/governor-inuwa-gets-commendation-as-wawa-zange-grazing-reserve-begins-operation/

Less roaming and more ranching

Kudos to the governor. Northern state governors should replecate this laudable gesture. All cow should go to the north, when we need cows in the south, we will place order just like we do for goats. Have you ever seen them moving goats from one bush to another? They bring them in trailers, ofload them and we buy. Same should be done to cows. Cattle rearing is a private business just like piggery, poultry and fish farming.

This should be replicated in all northern states.

Keep your cows there and only bring them down south to the markets where they will be sold off and butchered the same day or week.

Instead of blowing back empty, you buy grass from the south to feed the cows.

No more roaming of cows.

The presidency will never be satisfied with this news. It's only lands from the southern part that interest them more. Kudos to you Mr. Governor. May your northern counterparts do your part.

Good development. But would Boko Boyz let it work?

Yankee101:
Less roaming and more ranching

For where ?

Dem no go use it
Dem preferred innocent people farmlands

Better

No ooh.

Buhari must resuscitate grazing route in Nigeria.

We have grazing routes here in the East, they should bring there cows

If not that these Fulanis are a very stubborn people, and govt are not sincere, why should government key or invest into private business? Does govt invest in spare parts, electronics or other private businesses in the country?

Majority of these herders are silent billionaires if you don't know. A grown cow costs as much as N200- N600k and these people will be controlling tens and hundreds of these cattles and they can not still provide ranching for themselves? Please tell me what I don't know.

Oga, Fulani herdsmen should relocate.

This is what northern governors should be doing. Since the Fulani herders don't want to invest in their businesses, the governors should build grazing reserves for them up north. After all, dem get land pass.

Mtcheww

If they like they should do so, if they don't like, they shouldn't!
The fact still remains that days of open herding are numbered!

cool

cows our national business

I regret being a Nigerian.

Not impressed

Yankee101:
Less roaming and more ranching

That's the spirit!

Dozie32:
I regret being a Nigerian.

All right , here is an easy way to stop regretting....join a party, form one, and be the change you want to be.

Start small, get a group of people, and march to government house to see the Commissioner of Works to get someone to fix the roads in your village.

But no, you want to emigrate to Canada or US. Which is ok...there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. But know that those countries are nice because generations of people suffered to make them so.

Born2Breed:
This should be replicated in all northern states.

Keep your cows there and only bring them down south to the markets where they will be sold off and butchered the same day or week.

No more roaming of cows.

southern firms and famer should go into the business of selling grass to the northern herder so he will not have to travel down south for grass. And transfer the final cost of rearing and production to the final consumer . (Suya lovers)

It's never about ranching. They just wanna take people's ancestral land. Government has no business in building ranches for private businesses.

Herdsmen do not contribute to Sovereign Wealth account and do not pay taxes

Fulanis are used to life of wanderers aka nomads. I think it is the Ismael Complex

Six hospitals in a grazing reserve?
How many hospital does a local government has in Gombe?


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