We can meet Nigeria’s milk requirements – Miyetti Allah
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria , on Tuesday said that Nigeria had more than enough cows and pastoralists to meet its citizens’ milk requirements.
“If we can collate milk effectively, it will be needless for the Federal Government to spend money on importation of milk,” he said.The Central Bank of Nigeria last JulyMr Ngelzarma noted that due to the inadequate milk processors locally and collation centres across the country, pastoralists ended up conveying their milk in calabash for sale at low cost thereby leading to wastage.
“However, if we can have a lot of milk collation centres established around the country with processors that will be uptaking the milk being processed by our members, at least this will boost milk production,’’ he stressed. “If we can get more uptakers, there will be no need for the country to spend money on milk importation.’’The general secretary cited L and Z Yoghurt Company in Kano as an example of a collation centre that had helped to stop the nomadic movement of pastoralists.
“The company added N20 to the litre of those families that enrolled their children in school, such that instead of buying a litre at the rate of N120, they pay N140.
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