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Cattle rustling: FG, stakeholders introduce waybill to tackle menace

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Stakeholders in the livestock industry have introduced a new waybill for transporters of animals across Nigeria, saying it is one of the major deterrents to large scale cattle rustling.

Stakeholders consist of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), the Pastoral Resolve (PARE), the National Union of Road Transport Workers, [NURTW] and the Amalgamated Union of Road Transport among others.

Speaking when the joint team visited the Kaduna State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in respect of grazing reserves’ development, Executive Director of PARE, Sale Momale said the team will visit communities in the state to talk to pastoralists and farmers and enlighten them on the waybill as well as the proposal by the federal government to develop infrastructure in some of grazing reserves.

“The waybill emphasises movement of cattle from one market to the other in large trucks which is one of the major ways cattle rustling syndicates operate in Nigeria,” he said.

Daily Trust, August 13

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