Gombe State Governor Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has enjoined butchers in Kumo the headquarters of Akko LGA to work together to enable them benefit from government policies and programs.

 

The Governor made the call yesterday in Kumo at the formal re-opening ceremony of the renovated Kumo slaughter lab by the Gombe L-PRES Project.

Represented by the Commissioner Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry husbandry and Cooperatives

Dr. Barnabas Malle, the Governor expressed appreciation to the butchers union and the people in the community for their patience and cooperation throughout the period of the renovation and charged them to make good use of the facility and ensure proper hygiene and sanitation.

 

Dr Barnabas Malle said, so far, three slaughter slabs have been rehabilitated in the state under the L-PRES Project as part of government efforts to reposition the livestock sector and create job opportunities for youth in the state.

 

He explained that the establishment of the L-PRES Project with support from the World Bank is in line with Gombe State Livestock Development Plan to fully transform the industry to an enviable position worthy of emulation by other states.

 

He commended the L-PRES Project Coordinator Professor Usman Bello Abubakar for the valuable interventions that have direct impact on the lives of the common man.

Earlier in his remarks, the Coordinator Gombe L-PRES Project Professor U.B. Abubakar said the aim of the intervention was to provide a conducive working environment that will support butchers and meat sellers to improve their businesses, make more profits and generate employment among youth in the livestock value chain.

 

He pleaded with the leadership of the butchers union to ensure high standard of personal hygiene and healthy environment to make their business more attractive to customers, while calling on them to support the vision of the State Governor Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya in providing dividends of democracy to the people of state.

 

Professor Abubakar further hinted that the L-PRES Project has embarked on life changing interventions in various communities across the state and hinted that, the construction of a solar powered borehole with two over head tanks and a drinking point for livestock has been completed handed over to Tafare community of Kumo West in Akko Local Government Area.

A community that had faced acute water scarcity where residents had to trek several kilometers daily in search of drinking water and for use in their house- holds while their livestock moved long distances due to

non availability of water ponds and streams in the area.

 

He assured the people of the state that more projects are under way including the canalization of the Wawa Zange Grazing razing Reserve from Kupto river to make it among the best the best in country.

 

Delivering a vote of thanks on behalf of the beneficiaries of the projects, the Chairman Akko LGA Honourable Muhammad Danladi Adamu expressed satisfaction and appreciation to the state government and the L-PRES Project for citing the projects where they are most needed.

 

The Chairman called on the beneficiaries to unite as a family to ensure that the facilities are properly maintained and protected against misuse and vandalisation explaining that, the state government and the L-PRES have done their parts, it is now for the benefiting communities to ensure their sustainability.

 

Since its inception last year the L-PRES Project has conducted various trainings on peace and conflict management for Prevention of Farmers and Herders conflicts, as well as training on Good Husbandry Practices, Use of Farm Residue As Livestock Feed among others.

Similarly the L-PRES Project has constructed boreholes for both human and livestock use in various communities that lack access to portable drinking water including the rehabilitation of earth dams at Wawa Zange grazing Reserve.