Health
Sokoto state government on Tuesday disclosed its plan of constructing new Veterinary hospital in the state to sustain its Animals healthcare initiative.
Prof. Abdulkadir Junaidu, the state Commissioner for Animal Health and Fishery Development, made the disclosure shortly after defending the ministry’s budget proposal before Assembly Committee on Animal Health and Fishery Development.
According to Junaidu the gesture is in line with the government commitment toward empowering the livestock owners to become economically independent and to sustain its animals breading system.
“In the year 2020 we have budgeted for the second phase in our animals breading programme, which the first phase has recorded tremendous success.
“Generally, other programmes will be embarked upon by our ministry this coming year not only to bring development to the state but to also empower our people to be economically independent and to improve wealth in our state.
“We have since explored plan to construct additional Veterinary hospital and embarked on the renovation of all our available clinics across the 23 local government areas of the state.
“This, however, is in order to support our programme of maintaining the standard of animals development and encourage our state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR),” he said.
The Commissioner added that the ministry had noticed some encroachment in the state grazing reserves areas identified by the government.
“As such this coming year we will continue to secure those grazing reserves so that our farmers and livestock owners will continue to live peacefully,” he added.
The Committee Chairman, Alhaji Musa Miko (PDP- Tangaza), commended the ministry while assuring the state Assembly’s commitment to support all government policies and programmes.
Meanwhile the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Arzika Tureta, disclosed that the state government would construct three additional irrigation projects in the year 2020.
Tureta announced this development shortly after defending the ministry’s budget proposal before the state House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
The Commissioner said that the project was part of the major projects earmarked for the state’s agricultural transformation.
Tureta added that in the year 2020 government would come up with many other projects to enhance the farming standard of the state.
“This includes the proposed additional dam construction at Wurno local government to be carried out in partnership with NEWMAP.
“In addition to these, the state government has in its efforts to improve the socio-economic wellbeing of the citizens included Public Private Partnership (PPP) with OCP Africa and COPAG Morocco.
“This is in the development of Agriculture, Animal husbandry, mining and energy. The immediate outcome of this effort is the establishment of Phosphate fertilizer plant in the state which has begun in earnest,” he said. (NAN)
– Dec. 17, 2019 @ 13:05 GMT |
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