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The sum of N32,147,500,000 has been approved and released by Bauchi State Government for the conduct of the 2021 annual livestock vaccination campaign in the state.
The disclosure was made on Wednesday by the Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir who launched the campaign at Galambi Cattle Ranch, saying that the amount will cover vaccines, equipment and allowances of personnel recruited for the exercise.
According to him, livestock rearing not only brings income to the people but serves as a means of supplementing the protein requirements of the people as well as raw materials to industries.
He also said that his administration is aware of the significant contribution of the veterinary sub-sector in the area of public health, preventive medicine, food security and safety among others.
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Kwara and Niger State governments have planned a joint security meeting to curtail kidnapping, banditry and other crimes which have been happening in some parts of the two neighbouring states.
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Tribune Onlinegathered that the development came about after Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq held a security council meeting with commanders of various security agencies in the state, on Monday, amid assurance that Kwara will always take every step to protect lives and property.
The outcome of the security meeting also includes the plan to have a military operation this week in the forests between the two states with the goal of dislodging and clearing criminal elements from the area by denying them safe harbour.
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State governments on Thursday differed on ranching for herdsmen as a solution to killings and kidnappings by herders.
Officials of Oyo, Cross River, Kogi, Enugu, Ondo and Ekiti state governments in separate interviews said their states had no plans to establish ranches for herdsmen.
But their counterparts in Zamfara and Gombe states said they had begun plans to set up ranches for herdsmen.
While Gombe State’s Director General, Press Affairs Government House, Ismaila Misilli, said the state had allocated 130 hectares of land for the project, Zamfara State Director General Media, Publicity and Enlightenment, Alhaji Yusuf Idris, said the state Ruga settlements would soon be completed.