Buhari Shelves RUGA Programme - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 3, 2019
President MuhammaduBuhari has suspended the `Ruga Settlement’ Programme initiated by the FederalMinistry of Agriculture in preference for the National Economic Council’sNational Livestock Transformation Plan .
Ebonyi state Governor,David Umahi disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State Housecorrespondents after a meeting of the NEC Committee of Farmers/Herders CrisisChaired by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Umahi said that theNational Livestock Transformation Plan would be all inclusive, adding that itwas for states that were willing to key into the programme.
The governor said thatany state interested in the programme was required to bring up a developmentplan that was keyed towards the implementation in line with the FederalGovernment’s own programme.
`Ruga Settlement’ is arural settlement in which animal farmers/herders stay in an designated placeprovided with basic amenities such as schools, hospitals, road networks, vetclinics, markets among others.
However, theinitiative has elicited nationwide controversy.