N19m livestock feeds

The Katsina State Government has released N19m for the purchase of livestock feed supplements, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Maikaita Ango, has said.

Ango told the News Agency of Nigeria in Katsina on Tuesday that the initiative was introduced by the Governor Ibrahim Shema administration as a pilot scheme.

He said that under the scheme, livestock feeds would be purchased and distributed to farmers.

As part of the scheme, the permanent secretary said that materials for de-worming of cattles would also be purchased and distributed to pastoralists.

He said, “The state government is addressing three fundamental issues, one of which is the issue of good breed. You need to have a good breed to have a good offspring.

“Second, is the issue of feeds and the third is the health of the animals. These issues are being tackled squarely by the government.”