Bayelsa To Miyetti Allah, Others: Move Your Livestock Out Of Yenagoa In 14 Days

The Bayelsa State Livestock Management Committee has issued two
weeks ultimatum to the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of
Nigeria (MACBAN) and other operators to move their livestock out of
Yenagoa, the state capital, and its environs.

The Chairman of the 23-man committee and Commissioner for
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. David Alagoa, made this
known in an interview with journalists after a meeting between the
committee and some South-south chapters of the MACBAN at the
ministry Monday.

Alagoa warned that at the expiration of the notice, the
committee would impound their cows as a movement by foot either at
night or in the day would not be tolerated in the state.

He urged residents to be patient as talks were ongoing with the
MACBAN, stressing that one of such processes to take cows out of
Bayelsa had just begun.

According to the commissioner, the state government had created
opportunities in the meat business for people to take advantage of
and establish ranches or grow grass to sell to cattle breeders.

Alagoa stated: “So we have agreed that we give them a moratorium
period of 10 days and by the 14th day, which falls on the 10th of
April, we will start impounding (cows).

“If you are interested in the cattle business in Bayelsa, the
governor has opened up business opportunities of the huge value
chain in the meat business. It is time now. If you have land and
you want to ranch, you can ranch, since we are going purely for
ranching. If you want to plant grass and sell for cattle, you can
sell.”

The Bayelsa State Livestock Management Committee has issued two
weeks ultimatum to the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of
Nigeria (MACBAN) and other operators to move their livestock out of
Yenagoa, the state capital, and its environs.

The Chairman of the 23-man committee and Commissioner for
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. David Alagoa, made this
known in an interview with journalists after a meeting between the
committee and some South-south chapters of the MACBAN at the
ministry Monday.

Alagoa warned that at the expiration of the notice, the
committee would impound their cows as a movement by foot either at
night or in the day would not be tolerated in the state.

He urged residents to be patient as talks were ongoing with the
MACBAN, stressing that one of such processes to take cows out of
Bayelsa had just begun.

According to the commissioner, the state government had created
opportunities in the meat business for people to take advantage of
and establish ranches or grow grass to sell to cattle breeders.

Alagoa stated: “So we have agreed that we give them a moratorium
period of 10 days and by the 14th day, which falls on the 10th of
April, we will start impounding (cows).

“If you are interested in the cattle business in Bayelsa, the
governor has opened up business opportunities of the huge value
chain in the meat business. It is time now. If you have land and
you want to ranch, you can ranch, since we are going purely for
ranching. If you want to plant grass and sell for cattle, you can
sell.”