Nigeria maps Out 30 grazing reserves for NLTP implementation
The Federal Government have mapped out 30 grazing reserves for implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) as a lasting solution to the crisis between herders and farmers.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture, Dr Andrew Kwasari, made this while addressing journalists on the move by the government to solve the protracted conflict over the competition of land, water, and pasture by herders and farmers.
Kwasari noted that the NLTP is cardinal under the Green Initiative project, and also a sure way to permanently settle the lingering crisis.
He further said that Nigerians need to understand and embrace the NLTP by following modalities of the plan.
He also explained that “One of the targets we are working on here in the National Livestock Transformation Plan, and we know that working at the National Economic Council; the Governors working with technical experts crafted this policy.
He also expressed optimism that with the collaboration between the Federal and State Governments following the recent announcement of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Nanono, on taking of the NLTP there will be a solution to the crisis.
MTO/Todayng
