13.9.2025
President Bola Tinubu’s government officials have held a meeting with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria with a view of stopping cows from roaming the streets of the city centre of the nation’s capital, Abuja.
The dialogue was held at the instance of the Chairman, Board of Trustees of MACBAN, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III and the Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha.
In his remark, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Livestock Development, Idris Abiola-Ajimobi, reiterated the commitment of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to finding lasting solutions to the challenges confronting pastoralist in the country.
Mr Abiola-Ajimobi said, “We are here for a stakeholders’ engagements meeting. It’s a gathering to dialogue with the livestock stakeholders to let them understand the effort that are being made by the administration of President Tinubu. We are working together with the Ministry of Livestock Development and other relevant agencies to address the root causes of the problems. The issue of livestock moving around the street of Abuja.
“We must first solve the issue of grazing reserves, we are working on ranches, we are working on Special Agro Industrial Processing Zone. We are also working on reviving the grazing reserves, providing feeds and ranches whereby pastoralist can find a safe zone to operate to live and coexist as well as have all the basic social amenities they need. Like feeds, water, healthcare system, veterinary clinics and other essential services.’’
Also, the Special Assistant to the Minister of Education on Almajiri and Out-of-School-Children Education, Dr Balarabe Kakale, said the meeting also looked at the all-inclusive efforts of the Federal Ministry of Education.
On his part, the National President of MACBAN, Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, noted that the meeting was organised to address the concerns of cows roaming the city centre. NAN