NEC Approves 80% Livestock Fund For Three States

The National Economic Council (NEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has approved for Adamawa, Plateau, Nasarawa States to submit their detailed plans to access the 80 per cent funding for National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP).
The three states have been listed as pilot states for NLTP takeoff.
Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, who is the chairman of the Sub-Committee, disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting.
The NEC had in September 2019 proposed a budget of N100 billion for the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan.
They had proposed that the Federal Government would bear 80 per cent of the N100 billion while participating states would support the balance of N20 billion and land for the programme.
Umahi told reporters that the NEC had approved that willing states participating in the National Livestock Transformation Plan should submit their detailed programmes and how they would fund their 20 per cent share of the scheme.
He said the states had submitted letters of intent and evidence of gazetted grazing reserves in their domains.
Speaking on measures taken by the states to address insecurity, he said the idea of regional security outfits was misplaced, noting that any measure taken to assist regular policing should be state-based.
“I watched the Lagos State Governor (Babajide Sanwo-Olu), say that the Amotekun law is state-based. That is because when you talk of regional security, you are talking of something higher than state police.