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September 20, 2019
The National Economic Council, NEChas proposed one hundred billion naira budget for the implementation of theNational Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP.
It proposed that the FederalGovernment should bear eighty per cent of the amount, while participatingstates would support with the balance of twenty billion naira and land for theprogramme.
The sub-committee’s Chairman andGovernor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, said this while briefing State HouseCorrespondents at the end of the meeting.
Umahi explained that contrary to thewidely held belief, the programme is not about cows alone, but had three planks,including care for persons displaced by farmers/herders’ crisis and educationprogrammes. He added that states are also free to use any animals of theirchoice in implementing the programme.The Chairman stressed that the programmeremained voluntary and would accommodate only states that expressed interest toparticipate in the programme.