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Having reached a consensus on the need to establish cattle ranches across Nigeria, the debate should now move on to the industrial requirements of a modern livestock industry African News

Having reached a consensus on the need to establish cattle ranches across Nigeria, the debate should now move on to the industrial requirements of a modern livestock industry

Ayo Akinfe (1) Let us all hope that when our mega cattle ranches are fully operational, we dramatically increase the number of cows in Nigeria from the current 20m to say the 189m produced in India today. This expansion in output will automatically present a new set of challenges which will need to be addressed. Will the Fulani be the...
Our National Assembly needs to pass a Nigerian Security Bill 2021 to end this spiralling cycle of violence African News

Our National Assembly needs to pass a Nigerian Security Bill 2021 to end this spiralling cycle of violence

Ayo Akinfe     (1) Disarmament centres will be established in every one of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas where illegal weapons will be handed in without any prosecution     (2) As from April 1 2021, it will be illegal for anyone to own an automatic weapon like an AK47. Anyone caught with one...
Given that Nigeria is the world’s number one producer of these 10 crops we should have a thriving animal feed industry as they can all be used in feed compounds Politics

Given that Nigeria is the world’s number one producer of these 10 crops we should have a thriving animal feed industry as they can all be used in feed compounds

Ayo Akinfe Yam - 47.9m tonnes Cassava - 59m tonnes Kolanuts - 140,000 tonnes Shea nuts - 303,000 tonnes Melon seeds - 606,000 tonnes Bitter Leaf - No production figures available although Nigeria is believed to account for about 50% of global output Cocoyam - 5.38m tonnes Air potato vine (monkey yam) - No production...
It is up to these governors of Nigeria’s six largest states to resolve the current herdsmen crisis with each of them setting aside 5,000 square kilometres of land for a mega ranch African News

It is up to these governors of Nigeria’s six largest states to resolve the current herdsmen crisis with each of them setting aside 5,000 square kilometres of land for a mega ranch

Ayo Akinfe (1) In Niger State, Governor Mohammed Bello Niger is sitting on a total land mass of 76,363 square kilometres. He should open a ranch that straddles Mokwa and Mashegwu local government areas that have a combined acreage of 13,520 square kilometres. Its headquarters should be in Mokwa where a feed compounding plant...
With the consensus that ranching is the way forward I would like to see Nigeria set herself the goal of becoming a top 10 milk producer by 2030 African News

With the consensus that ranching is the way forward I would like to see Nigeria set herself the goal of becoming a top 10 milk producer by 2030

Ayo Akinfe We are shamelessly a net importer of milk at the moment. In 2019, Nigeria only produced a paltry 523,599 tonnes of milk domestically. We consume about 1.3bn tonnes of milk annually, so spend between $1.2bn and $1.5bn annually to bridge the gap between production and consumption. Once we have these mega ranches in place,...
In response to the recent upsurge in ethnic violence the Nigerian Governors Forum should meet immediately and adopt this 10-point plan African News

In response to the recent upsurge in ethnic violence the Nigerian Governors Forum should meet immediately and adopt this 10-point plan

Ayo Akinfe (1) Governors of the six largest states in the country - Niger, Borno, Taraba, Kaduna, Yobe and Bauchi are all mandated to immediately set aside 5,000 sq kilometres to be used to construct mega ranches to accommodate Fulani herdsmen (2) Each geo-political zone is to establish a regional security network...
26 of Nigeria's 36 states did not attract one dollar's worth of foreign direct investment in 2020 African News

26 of Nigeria's 36 states did not attract one dollar's worth of foreign direct investment in 2020

OVER two thirds of Nigeria's 36 states did not attract one dollar in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the course of 2020 as a new National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) survey shows that 26 of them were investment-free zones during the year.   A mono-economy wholly dependent on the sale of crude oil for her survival,...
No matter how you cut it Nigeria’s wealthy pastorprueners need to form a Flock of Abraham Livestock Company of Nigeria (Falcon) and invest in the animal husbandry sector African News

No matter how you cut it Nigeria’s wealthy pastorprueners need to form a Flock of Abraham Livestock Company of Nigeria (Falcon) and invest in the animal husbandry sector

Ayo Akinfe (1) With the casualty rate from the herdsmen saga growing by the day and the number of farms destroyed by roaming livestock on the increase, something drastic needs to be done immediately. This is not just a law and order issue, Nigeria needs to tackle it from an economic angle too. What happens when food...
Is there anything stopping Nigeria’s rich evangelical churches from investing in cattle ranches across the south of the country? African News

Is there anything stopping Nigeria’s rich evangelical churches from investing in cattle ranches across the south of the country?

Ayo Akinfe (1) We have flogged the issue of cattle ranches to death and called for the construction of several mega ones across northern Nigeria. However, this should not be exclude the opening of smaller ones across the south of the country (2) I for one maintain that Nigeria’s six biggest states by landmass...
How about the Northern State Governors Forum (NSGF) drafting and submitting this Fulani Disarmament Bill to the National Assembly African News

How about the Northern State Governors Forum (NSGF) drafting and submitting this Fulani Disarmament Bill to the National Assembly

Ayo Akinfe (1) The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) will be regarded as a terrorist organisation. From now on, membership of the body will attract a minimum jail term of five years (2) A new pan-Nigerian, multi-religious and all-embracing Nigerian Livestock Producers Association will be formed in its...
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