The Ohinoyi of Ebira land His Royal Majesty Dr Ahmed Tijani Anaje has commended the world bank, federal government and Kogi State Government for investing heavily in the livestock sector to generate enormous income for Nigerians.
The royal father stated this when staff and management of
Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project, (L- PRES), led by the State Project Coordinator Dr Olufemi Bolarin visited the palace of Ohinoyi of Ebira land in Okene on Tuesday as part of stakeholders engagement with traditional rulers in Kogi central senatorial district of the state.
According to the monarch , crops and livestock farming has been the trade-mark of Ebira ethnic group, noting that the massive investment in the livestock sector in Kogi state would no doubt change the lives of rural dwellers for better.
He charged the beneficiaries of the programme to use the input that will be given to them , to expand their poultry farming to enable them generate income as well as becoming employers of labour in the nearest future.
The royal father pledged the support of the traditional institutions in central senatorial district to enable the project succeed and benefit the people.
Earlier, the State Project Coordinator Dr Olufemi Bolarin while reeling out some of the achievements of L-PRES in Kogi State, disclosed that the process of establishing a multi million naira livestock service centre has commenced at Confluence University of Science and Technology Osara.
Dr Bolarin added that the centre when approved by the national body of L-PRES and fully executed it will serve as a training ground for animal scientists as well as boosting livestock production and marketing in Kogi State.
“We have also established a farmer training centre in Itakpe in Okehi local government area while a motorized and solar borehole was sunk at Zango cattle market in Adavi local government area.
“We are in your domain today to seek your permission and royal blessing to commence the distribution of inputs to the 500 beneficiaries of poultry farmers across Kogi State.
“L-PRES will offered day old chicks (DOCs), feeds, drugs and vaccines as input for beneficiaries of broiler production while those in egg production gets Point of Lay (POL), feeds and drugs just as beneficiaries in the marketing and processing, will also get preservation equipment (deep freezer), Generator set, stabilizer, table size broiler birds and packaging bags” Dr Bolarin explained.
The State Project Coordinator who was a former Commissioner for Agriculture in the State disclosed that Kogi is the only State that carried out such intervention aimed at uplifting the livestock farming at the rural areas.
He commended Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for his unflinching support to the project.
