Tinubu asks livestock investors to slash Nigeria’s annual dairy imports

Stakeholders in the livestock value chain converged on Thursday to brianstorm on ways of harnessing its potentials.

The President, Bola Tinubu who recently created the Livestock Ministry out of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is championing reforms in the sector, a reason that justified his hosting of the stakeholders forum at the Presidential Villa.

The President pledged to overhaul the often neglected livestock sector in a bid to cut an annual import bill of $1.5billion and stimulate economic growth as well as create jobs.

Unbundling his plans for the sector while speaking at a Stakeholders Consultative Workshop at the State House, Tinubu who doubles as the chairman of the Presidential Livestock Reforms Implementation Committee, wondered why Nigeria can’t meet basic nutrition needs, such as providing school children with milk.