The Federal Government on Tuesday said it would provide insurance cover and agro-rangers for ranch operators to curb cases of cattle rustling as well as clashes between farmers and herdsmen.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said this in Abuja at a national conference on the transformation of the livestock industry.

Osinbajo, who was represented at the event by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, explained that 3,000 agro-rangers had been adequately trained to protect animals and livestock from rustlers.

He lamented the high rate of cattle lost to rustling across the country.

The vice president stated, “For those who want to go into ranching, here is the good news; we have heard how many of you have lost money, 300 cows in one night to rustling.

“We have now put together a new security group called the agro-rangers. These rangers are being trained by the Ministry of Interior, they are heavily armed. Three thousand of them are being trained.

“If you start a ranch or you have a big agricultural project, approach us, we will post them to you at no cost to protect your investment.”

Osinbajo added, “We do not want you to go into ranching only to hear one night that all your cattle were taken. We intend to give you insurance cover because we consider this industry as serious.

“We need prosperity in that sector because we know that if it thrives, a great deal of good will be done to our country.”

He noted that agriculture was not only a government affair, but also a private sector business.

The vice president added that the country had about 19 million cows, noting that the number was less when compared to other countries.

He lamented that the livestock sector had been neglected over the years, adding that growing grasses was a way of managing the sector.

Osinbajo stated, “At the end of this conference, we will take the recommendations and seriously begin to implement them. We are talking with the World Bank and the African Development Bank to see how they can help us. There is no way ranches will survive without grasses.

“We want this fight between farmers and herdsmen to stop and it must stop.”

In his comments at the event, the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, said the state government was in the process of setting up ranches to develop the livestock sector.

Ortom, who was represented by his deputy, Mr. Benson Abounu, said that ranching was necessary to improve the quality of beef and livestock production in the country.

madridguy:
Misleading title just for the pigs and idiots to masturbate on Kwotinu @ OP

Adminisher:
When young people peddle LIES they are insulting their pedigree. The scheme is to encourage ranching which a lot of critics have suggested but even that one the low IQ inferior LIEpods will distort
Buhari should just let the herdsmen roam. The victims are to dumb too cowardly and too paranoid to even recognize the solution to their problem

And they call this one of Nigeria's most intelligent tribes. smh

LasGidiOwner:
Why are these people already defensive?

Why is it that what VP said is already unsettling you guys even before your supposed rivals arrive to the thread?

madridguy:
Misleading title just for the pigs and idiots to masturbate on Kwotinu @ OP

Mophasa:


The Federal government of Nigeria said it has formed a new security outfit to protect investment in agricultural sector including cattle.

Vice President Osinbajo made this known while speaking at a 3-day national conference on the transformation of the livestock industry holding at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.

The vice-president, who was represented by Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture and rural development, said the security outfit is called Agro Rangers.

Ogbeh said the 3,000 armed Agro Rangers were trained by the ministry of interior to curb the menace of cattle rustling and to protect agricultural investments.

“We have heard how many of you have lost money, 300 cows, 200 cows in one night to cattle rustling, we have now put together a new security group called the Agro Rangers,” he said.

“If you start a ranch or you have a big agricultural project we post them to you at no cost to you to protect your investment.”

The minister also said the federal government will provide insurance cover for investments made in the livestock sector.

Mr Ogbeh also said Nigeria has about 19 million cows and will support private players to get into the agriculture sector.


http://diaryofmypresident.com/index.php/2017/09/13/fg-to-provide-insurance-security-for-herdsmen-fg/

Lalasticlala, mynd44

PehaKaso:
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Blackfire:
This commissioner have finally lost it .