N’Assembly Slams FG’s Poor Treatment Of Livestock Ministry

Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima

The National Assembly has blasted the Federal Government’s poor treatment of the livestock industry. This comes nearly two years after the creation of a full-fledged Ministry of Livestock Development, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to the committee, chaired by Senator Shehu Buba (Bauchi South), President Tinubu’s intervention is highly necessary at this time because livestock development remains critical to diversifying Nigeria’s economy, as seen in countries like Brazil, Argentina and Belgium.

The Senate Whip, Senator Tahir Monguno (Borno North), added the poor funding of the ministry does not correlate with the motive behind its creation.

His words, “Establishment of the Ministry of Livestock Development in 2024 was driven by the gospel of diversification of the Nation’s economy.

It is therefore to my surprise and disgust that we are paying lip service to the livestock sector now.

We need to drum it into the ears of the Executive that it is inherently contradictory to create the Ministry and woefully failed to fund it.”

WOW.