The piece of legislation, according to its sponsor, Senator Bima, Muhammad Enagi (Niger South), was to safeguard our national livestock and sanitize the livestock industry.
The lawmaker, in his lead debate, said the movement of livestock and their products has increased the spread of diseases, increased the threat to human health and reduced consumer confidence in animal products.
He said the Bureau when established will ensure the traceability of animal products into the country, in order to safeguard the lives of our people.
The listed the benefits of the Bill to include creation of a National Livestock Identification Data base; ensure management, traceability, and control of movement of livestock; ensure livestock health and disease management through disease surveillance, prevention and quick response to disease outbreaks.
Nigerian Senate Moves To Establish Agency To Control Cows, Other Livestock Movement
The lawmaker added that the agency when established will ensure the traceability of animal products into the country, in order to safeguard the lives of the people.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 20, 2021
The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill that seeks to control the movement of cows and other livestock across the country.
The bill which was sponsored by Senator Bima, Muhammad Enagi (Niger South), seeks to establish National Livestock (Protection, Control and Management) Bureau, passed Second Reading on the floor of the Senate.
Nigerian Senate
According to Enagi, the piece of legislation when passed into law will curb incessant cattle rustling and conflicts between herders and farmers.
Last week, Senator Muhammad Enagi Bima, speaking on the floor of the National Assembly (NASS), in Abuja, lashed out at the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
Bima – a Senator representing Niger South Senatorial District – was obviously agitated by the recent abduction of schoolboys at the Government Science College, Kagara, in his home State of Niger.
His disapproval of the Buhari administration, especially as it concerns insecurity, despite being a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has already raised some dust.
This, and other interesting stories made up events at the NASS in the past week.
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On February 17, Senator Bima said President Buhari had failed and is incompetent in addressing the security matters troubling the country.
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