The Federal Government has revealed that it will review policies with regards to the movement of cattle, goats and sheep between Nigeria and neighbouring countries.
The policy is part of the Economic Community of West African States protocol that allows unrestricted movement of animals for grazing across all countries.
He said that so far, the livestock sub-sector is an integral part of the Nigerian economy that contributes over N31 trillion to the economy, which is about a 17% of the GDP. “Over the last five years as a livestock farmer, I noticed increasing prevalence of animal diseases that has affected our livestock, especially we have noticed the prevalence of liver diseases, I hope we will be able to overcome this.
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