The Federal Government says it is targeting the creation of about 10,000 jobs from each 500-cattle-per-day capacity abattoir established through public-private partnerships across the country.
Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Maiha, disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Umaru Bago of Niger while on a two-day working visit to assess L-PRES projects in Minna on Friday.
He said the initiative was part of measures to transform the livestock sector from transporting live animals to processing meat locally.
Maiha urged state governments to partner with private sector operators to establish and operationalise modern abattoirs in their respective capitals.
According to him, such facilities would have a catalytic effect on backward integration, creating opportunities for young people in cattle fattening, pasture cultivation, feed production, animal health services and transportation.
He said Nigeria had continued to transport live animals from the North to the South, resulting in loss of
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