We would check the culture of waste permanently- Buhari
Wed Aug 10, 2016 08:00:am National
2.1K By Buchi Obichie
While receiving Mr Roelf Joosten, the Global Chief Executive Officer of Friesland Campina, at the State House, Abuja, yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari pledged that his administration would develop the nation's assets on a permanent basis in order to check the culture of waste foisted on the country.
The President frowned at the level of waste being recorded annually in the nation's agricultural sector due to lack of means of preservation of agricultural products.
In particular, Buhari decried the situation in which cattle farmers throw away milk from their animals, because there was no means of preserving and processing the product.
"We have failed to develop our assets on a permanent basis. This, we are determined to work on,'' he added.
The president urged Friesland Campina, in collaboration with Nigeria, to educate cattle farmers that "quality matters more than quantity," and help them organise into cooperatives for better business.
Also speaking on the occasion, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, who was also present, promised that herdsmen would soon be organised into ranches.
He revealed that special grasses and water, which would give better yield and make the animals healthier, would be provided at the ranches.
According to Ogbe, special flasks, which can preserve raw milk for up to six hours, will soon be made available, to enable cattle farmers to get the product to dairies in good quality.
In his remarks, Joosten disclosed that the 145-year-old Friesland Campina, is a cooperative owned by 19,000 farmers.
He said, "The company wants to partner with the Federal Government to build a healthier populace through better nutrition, collabora
The President frowned at the level of waste being recorded annually in the nation's agricultural sector due to lack of means of preservation of agricultural products.
In particular, Buhari decried the situation in which cattle farmers throw away milk from their animals, because there was no means of preserving and processing the product.
"We have failed to develop our assets on a permanent basis. This, we are determined to work on,'' he added.
The president urged Friesland Campina, in collaboration with Nigeria, to educate cattle farmers that "quality matters more than quantity," and help them organise into cooperatives for better business.
Also speaking on the occasion, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, who was also present, promised that herdsmen would soon be organised into ranches.
He revealed that special grasses and water, which would give better yield and make the animals healthier, would be provided at the ranches.
According to Ogbe, special flasks, which can preserve raw milk for up to six hours, will soon be made available, to enable cattle farmers to get the product to dairies in good quality.
In his remarks, Joosten disclosed that the 145-year-old Friesland Campina, is a cooperative owned by 19,000 farmers.
He said, "The company wants to partner with the Federal Government to build a healthier populace through better nutrition, collabora
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