Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has inaugurated mobile veterinary clinics in the 27 local government areas of the state.
Aisha Ahmed
Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has inaugurated mobile veterinary clinics in the 27 local government areas of the state.
At the inauguration of the mobile clinics in Garbau area of Miga Local Government Area of the state, on Friday, Namadi said that the facilities were designed to provide free veterinary services.
“By expanding access to veterinary care, we are not only safeguarding the health of livestock, but also improving the productivity of our agricultural sector.
“Healthy cattle are essential to our state’s economy and this initiative will help us boost livestock and agricultural production.
“The initiative will have a transformative impact on the state’s agrarian economy, especially for the Fulani communities whose livelihoods depend on healthy livestock,” Namadi said.
He outlined the key components of the initiative, which included the provision of motocycles, free veterinary services, and a continuous supply of veterinary drugs, to improve livestock health across the state.
“Each local government area will receive five fully equipped motorcycles to support mobile veterinary services,” the governor said.
It was gathered that a total of 235 motorcycles were distributed, in addition to the existing fleet, totaling 535 mobile veterinary clinics across the state.
Furthermore, Namadi stressed that the veterinary staff in each local governments, will travel to nomadic communities and offer free services.
This, he said, was to ensure that Fulani herders maintain healthy cattle, essential to their way of life and to the state’s economy.
Also, the governor tasked the local government councils to ensure a continous supply of medicines and vaccines, in order to facilitate long-term success of the programme.
In his remarks, the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Muttaka Namadi, underscored the achievements of the current administration in agricultul development.
He described the mobile veterinary clinics project, as a vital tool that would provide succor to the nomads and the general population of the state.
Some nomads who spole with NAN, expressed gratitude for the initiative, saying that it will save them a lot of loss of livestock.
Mr Musa Ardo, one of them, said nomads in the state were about reaping the full dividends of democracy of the Namadi administration by this gesture.
He explained that their children have benefitted from the provision of nomadic education and also free healthcare services and immunization, “but this is the first time our livestock are the focus.”
Also, Mr Haruna Tukur commended the gesture and appealed to the concerned authorities to sustain the project. (NAN)
