Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has applauded President Bola Tinubu for creating the ministry of livestock development.
President of the Association, Alhaji Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, who gave the commendation in an interview in Abuja said the creation of the Ministry would unlock the trillion-naira livestock economy.
He also said that the Ministry would create qualitative and productive jobs across the livestock value chain to improve the Nigerian economy.
He pledged support to the federal government to turn livestock production into a foreign exchange earner and reduce the farmer-herder conflicts and its related security challenges.
It would be recalled that President Tinubu declared the creation of the Ministry of Livestock Development during the inauguration of the renewed hope livestock reform implementation Committee at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.
