The government of Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, has announced a contribution of ₦80 million (USD 52,000) as its counterpart funding for the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), running from 2023 to 2026.
The state’s coordinator of the project, Adama Madaki, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Damaturu, the state capital.
She explained that L-PRES was a six-year World Bank-supported project, jointly funded by the Bank and the state, benefiting communities.
“The project is currently being implemented in 20 states of the federation. There are certain value chains that L-PRES is promoting, and they include sheep and goats, dairy, beef, poultry, piggery and honey,” Madaki said.
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She added that the project’s implementation commenced in December 2022, with the objectives of improving livestock productivity, enhancing commercialisation and improving the resilience of targeted livestock production systems.
The coordinator noted that over 71 solar-powered boreholes were sunk at grazing reserves, stock routes and pastoralist communities across the state under the project.
She revealed that L-PRES had established five pasture demonstration sites in Lawankalam, Geidam, Jakusko, Kanda and Danchuwa towns to enhance pasture development.
Madaki said that the project had rehabilitated veterinary clinics and furnished them with laboratory equipment in Potiskum, Nguru and Damaturu.
She listed other activities of L-PRES to include building a modern livestock market in Geidam and slaughtering slabs in various locations.
Madaki said that no fewer than 600 veterinary doctors, livestock farmers and environmentalists were trained by L-PRES in animal husbandry, waste management, and conflict resolution, among others.
The coordinator commended Governor Mai Mala Buni of the state for his unwavering support toward the successful implementation of the project.
“This is a governor who is so passionate about agriculture. He has demonstrated that by paying the state’s 2026 counterpart fund even though we are still in 2025,” she said.