Minister Seeks Action On Local Milk Production

BY GABI HIBBATULLAH, Abuja
Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, has urged stakeholders in the dairy industry to move from repeated policy meetings to practical action to increase local milk production in Nigeria.
Maiha made the call on Monday in Abuja at the validation workshop on the National Action Plan for the Promotion of Local Milk in Nigeria.
He said the country needed to move beyond conferences and workshops to address the challenges confronting dairy farmers, adding that future engagements should take place in farming communities to enable stakeholders to understand the problems and develop practical solutions.
“We have been meeting too many times in the l...