President Muhammdu Buhari has placed a suspension on the implementation of the Ruga settlements project under the National Livestock Transformation Plan.
This was revealed as Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo spoke with representatives of governors from the six geopolitical zones in the presidential villa, Abuja.
The suspension might be linked to saga generated by the implementation of the Ruga program in some states of the federation.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu had recently noted that the Ruga settlements was focused at ending the farmers/herders crises.
Garba also noted it is meant to provide employment.
Rumor had it that Yemi Osinbajo was directly Supervising the Ruga project, however, Osinbajo’s denied those reports.
His words, “The National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) 2019-2028 is a programme to be implemented in seven pilot states of Adamawa, Benue, Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarawa, Taraba and Zamfara (as decided by NEC in January), being States in the frontlines of the Farmer-Herder crises. Afterwards, six other States have indicated readiness to also implement the plan. They are Katsina, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Ondo, and Edo states.”
“The plan has six pillars through which it aims to transform the livestock production system in Nigeria along market oriented value chain while ensuring an atmosphere of peace and justice.”
“The six key pillars include: economic investment, conflict resolution, justice and peace, humanitarian relief and early recovery, human capital development and cross-cutting issues such as gender, youth, research and information and strategic communication.”
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