KSADP boosts cattle markets with vet clinics, milk collection centres
By Fanen Ihyongo, Kano
The Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), supported by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has boosted cattle markets across the state with veterinary clinics and milk collection centres.
Five major milk collection centres have been built equipped in milk producing communities. One of them is Falgore Milk Collection Center, located at Falgore Cattle Market Rt in Doguwa local government area.
Each of the milk collection centres is quipped with 550ltrs milk storage tank and its accessories.
The centre also has an office, a solar-powered borehole, toilet facilities and a veterinary clinic, all provided with solar lights.
The centre, which will soon be officially launched, is already producing over 20,000 litres of milk daily, it was learnt.
The development has improved the livelihoods of cattle breeders, especially the Fulani community, as thousands of youths are being engaged. Huge revenues are also being generated, thereby transforming the entire area.
Nazifi Ado Yakubu -the veterinary doctor lauded the state government for ensuring regular vaccination of the cattle against diseases that could kill them.
Munir Madaki, who is the Sarkin Kasuwa Kara Falgore, said the community now vaccinates thousands of cows on every market day, therefore, generating millions of Naira revenue.
Appreciating the Abba Yusuf administration, Madaki said “the milk centres have prioritised cattle rearing and breeding in our community.”
Fulani cattle breeders in Doguwa lauded the intervention, stating that it has brought an end to the conflict that once plagued them.
Before the intervention by KSADP and the IsDB, Falgore was affected by activities of idle youths involved in criminality.
Madaki attributed the success story to the government’s engagement with the Fulani communities in which government was able to feel the pulse of the people.
“This intervention has also empowered Fulani youths, who were previously engaged in nefarious activities. Today, hundreds of them are involved in milk collection business, selling dairy products directly to companies and exporting them,” he said.
The Ardo (Head) of Herdsmen in the area, Ahmadu Sulaiman, appealed for feeds that would fatten the ruminants.
“The rainy season is now over and more than 5,000 cattle cannot feed well,” he said.
“The government should support us with 9nutritious feeds that will fatten these animals to improve milk production,” he said.
The herdsmen leader also commended the State Government for providing veterinary clinic at the Falgore Cattle Market through the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project(KSADP),which he said had enhanced the health of their animals.
Sulaiman however, urged KSADP to involve the local herdsmen in its enlightenment campaign on the importance of its activities to livestock development in the area.
