FG, Stakeholders Move To Strengthen Livestock Sector

Tosin Kolade
Sep, Thu, 2025

Economy/Business

FG, stakeholders move to strengthen livestock sector

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By Vivian Emoni

The Federal Government and stakeholders at both local and international levels have agreed to collaborate effectively to strengthen and promote the livestock sector across the country.

The commitment was made at a Stakeholders’ Engagement Meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, ahead of the upcoming Trade Fair and Exhibition and the Annual Livestock Development Summit.

The meeting was organised by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in partnership with the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA).

Mr Agabaidu Jideani, Director-General of ACCI, said the essence of the meeting was to consolidate partnerships with stakeholders to advance livestock development.

Jideani added that President Bola Tinubu had given assurance that all bottlenecks hindering the agricultural sector’s potential, including livestock production, would be removed.

He said that the collaboration would strengthen and promote the sector, adding that they would help to achieve the mandate and objective of the administration.

According to him, we are committed to ensure that we work with various stakeholders both local and international to ensure that we achieve this goal.

“Our reason for today’s meeting is to discuss how we can promote the sector by gathering the stakeholders, hear from them, exchange our ideas and knowledge and put them into practice

“This effort will support us to move the sector to a greater level. That is our reason for gathering people from different countries, government bodies and other relevant stakeholders from our country to share our views,” he said.

Jideani also emphasised on the Trade Fair and Exhibition, adding that it was an opportunities where investors from both states and other countries would showcase their talents and products to boost trading.

Amb. Sidi Ladan, Presidential Livestock Reforms Implementation Committee, said that Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms in 2024.

Ladan said that the essence was to address obstacles to agricultural productivity and open up new opportunities which benefit farmers, herders, processors and distributors in the livestock-farming value chain.

He said that the committee was drawn from the public and private sectors, state governors, and all Nigerians, to ensure that the sector was strengthen as well as achieving the sectors” mandate.

Also, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Livestock Development, Mr Idris Abiola-Ajimobi, said that the collaboration with relevant stakeholders would support in achieving the mandate in the sector.

Abiola-Ajimobi said that the president was committed in ensuring that the sector was reform and improved effectively.

According to him, the president wants to ensure that the sector is strengthen, that is why he decided to inaugurate the committee.

“Livestock farming is a significant part of Nigeria’s agricultural sector and contributes notably to the country’s economy.

“The sector will boost agricultural productivity, enhance export opportunities and stimulate economic growth by fostering a robust value-chain that benefits farmers, processors, herders, distributors and consumers alike,’’ he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the stakeholders at the meeting involved delegates from Republic of Cuba, Kenya, Republic of Indonesia, Mexico, China, including ABIS Group, among others.

The stakeholders demonstrated interests to work with the government to ensure that the mandates and objectives of the sector were achieve effectively.

The stakeholders also commended the President, ACCI and others on their efforts to ensure that the sector was strengthened.

On the Abuja Trade Fair and Exhibition which would be coming up on Sept. 25 to Oct 6, 2025, the stakeholders expressed their supports and promised that the event would achieve positive result.(NAN)

Edited by Francis Onyeukwu

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