FG Calls For Concerted Efforts To Boost Local Dairy Production

The Federal Government has called for collaborative efforts with stakeholders to increase dairy production in the country.

Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alh. Mohammed Sabo Nanono made this known in his opening remarks at the National Dairy Policy Stakeholders Engagement in Abuja.

The event, organised by FMARD, was aimed at finalising a draft bill on dairy production in Nigeria.

The Federal Government has called for collaborative efforts with stakeholders to increase dairy production in the country.

Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alh. Mohammed Sabo Nanono made this known in his opening remarks at the National Dairy Policy Stakeholders Engagement in Abuja.

The event, organised by FMARD, was aimed at finalising a draft bill on dairy production in Nigeria.

This, according to him, was the reason why the National Dairy Policy Stakeholders Engagement was convened to initiate necessary frameworks that will set a sustainable pathway to fully develop the dairy sector.

Nanono also noted that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture was collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Central Bank of Nigeria, Raw Material Research Development Council, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and the Private Sector to vigorously promote the growth of the dairy industry in the country.

On his part, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Richard Adeniyi Adebayo in his goodwill message reiterated the commitment of the present administration to diversify the nation’s economy, especially in areas with comparative and competitive advantages.

Adebayo noted that the dairy industry was one for which Nigeria has a comparative advantage, adding that the government was not unaware of the challenges encountered across the mainstream, midstream and downstream value chain of the industry.

“This is why the ministry is deepening its collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as well as other relevant MDA’s in developing the National Dairy policy to address the impediments and set the industry on the path of growth,” he said.

AgroNigeria gathered that goodwill messages were received from the representatives of Central Bank Governor, Director General Raw Material Research Development Council and Country Representative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among others.

Source: agronigeria.ng

FG Calls For Concerted Efforts To Boost Local Dairy Production

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