Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has approved the creation of the Ministry of Livestock Development with immediate effect.
A statement from the office of the Secretary to the State Government indicated that the Governor further directed the SSG, the Head of Service and the Commissioner for Agriculture to work out the mandate of the new ministry, office accommodation and deployment of staff to ensure its immediate take off.
The ministry is part of the governor’s strategic efforts to boost the agricultural sector.
With this development, Yobe becomes the second state to establish the Ministry of Livestock Development, with the first being Borno State.
Governor Zulum had appointed his Deputy, Usman Umar Kadafur as the overseer of the new Ministry of Fishery and Livestock.