By Iyabo Adebisi
The new executive officers of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Oyo State chapter, have been urged to collaborate with the Governor ‘Seyi Makinde-led administration to build peace and ensure food security in the state.
The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye gave this advice at the inauguration of the new executives of the Miyetti Allah.
Mr Olaleye, while noting that the government’s doors remained open to the executive, said the government needed the cooperation of all stakeholders on direct participation in farming and business.
He urged the cattle breeders to preach peace and harmonious coexistence among their members activities.
Mr Olaleye, who was represented by the Chief Veterinary Medical Officer, Control Post and Cattle Markets and Deputy Director, Veterinary Services, Dr Adeniran Liadi Mobolaji, lauded Governor Makinde for taking proactive steps to address herders-farmers’ clash in the state.
He added that the administration had also launched several initiatives to boost livestock production in the state, including free vaccination of large animals across the 33 local government areas of the state, free anthrax vaccination, the administration of 250,000 doses of PPR vaccines for sheep and goats, among others.
The commissioner congratulated the new executive members of Oyo MACBAN and reminded them of the state’s government’s digital identity cards for cattle breeders and dealers, stressing the need for their members to get the card to make it easy to identify genuine cattle breeders.
Earlier, the National President of MACBAN, Baba Usman Ngelzarma, lauded Governor Makinde’s tremendous and consistent support to herdsmen in Oyo State.
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