Livestock Reforms to End Conflicts, President Tinubu to Deliver Ranching

Livestock Reforms to End Conflicts, President Tinubu to Deliver Ranching

President Bola Tinubu on Monday reiterated his expectation that the National Economic Council conference would produce actionable resolutions on ranching, livestock investment, and agricultural diversification.

President Tinubu

Tinubu said he would play his part in ensuring the reforms are delivered.

Speaking at the opening of the two-day NEC conference at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, the President linked the imperative for livestock sector transformation to national security, describing banditry and terrorism as economic hindrances requiring immediate solutions.

The President’s remarks follows his earlier directive to Vice President Kashim Shettima and the NEC on December 10, 2025 to develop a roadmap for transforming Nigeria’s livestock industry through ranching as a lasting solution to persistent farmer-herder conflicts.

At the December 10 Federal Executive Council meeting, Tinubu had tasked Shettima, who chairs the NEC, to sensitise governors and stakeholders on implementing ranching reforms, while directing the Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Muktar Maiha, to identify villages and grazing areas that could be rehabilitated into modern ranches.

Following that directive, the NEC at its 155th meeting held on December 18, 2025, inaugurated a Livestock Development Committee chaired by Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris, with representatives from all six geopolitical zones, to fast-track nationwide ranching and livestock production reforms.

At Monday’s conference, Tinubu also pledged further commitment to strengthening security forces to defeat terrorism and banditry, which he said had kept Nigerians sleepless.

He described banditry and terrorism as foreign to Nigerian culture and unacceptable, adding, “It is an economic hindrance if we do not find immediate solution to it.”

He thanked Vice President Kashim Shettima for steering the council in what he called intellectual deliberations in the past three years.

The President also commended several state governors, particularly those of Borno and Katsina states, for their efforts in defending freedom, liberty, and the commonwealth.