According to report, Kogi state governor ,Alhaji Yahaya Bello on February 9 ,2018 presented documents of 15, 000 hectares of land earmarked for cattle colony to the Federal Government.
While presenting the acceptance document to Agriculture Minister, Audu Ogbeh, the governor said the state would pilot the cattle colony programme, stressing that 15,000 hectares of land have been mapped out in two local government areas of the state for cattle colony.
He said 10,000 hectares of land had been earmarked for cattle colony in Ajaokuta Local Government Area and 5,000 hectares in Adavi Local Government Area, adding that the quest to key into the programme was to accommodate the youth, herdsmen and farmers without conflicts, besides adding value to the economic wellbeing of the people.
“This is about courage. We have an estimated population of 19.5 million cattle now. If we have every individual keeping a ranch, it is an average population of 300 cows per herd. We need 1,711 ranches in every state, and 633,333 ranches in the country.
“The land belongs to states under the Land Use Act and we don’t have any intention to colonise them, the governor said this while presenting the documents of the colony land to Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh “.
