Tukur Muntari
Kano State Agro-Postoral Department Project has established five milk collection centres at Falgore cattle market as part of measures to ensure that only clean and hygienic milk is sold to the public.
An official of the KSAPDP, Ibrahim Wada, disclosed while briefing newsmen on Friday at one of the milk collection centres in Falgore town, the Doguwa Local Government Area of the state.
He said the project which was financed by the Islamic Development Bank with support from the state government, is aimed at providing clean milk for sale to companies producing yogurt in Kano, Kaduna, and other neigbouring states.
“The five centres are part of the 100 milk collection centres being constructed and equipped across milk-producing communities in Kano state.
“Each centre is equipped with 550-litre milk storage tank and its accessories, solar powered borehole, toilet facility, solar lightings, and office,” the official said.
The KSAPDP official said when completed, each centre will be handed over to a management committee that will handle it as an independent business entity.
“We have a lot of herders here who produce milk from their cattle. The collection centres will check waste and improve the revenue generation of herders,” he said.
He disclosed that the state government through KSADP is developing 50 hectares of commercial fodder plots in 20 locations adding that each plot is equipped with a slasher and bailing machine, 500 metric tonne storage facility, and office in addition to the fodder development.
In addition, the government is providing a 500 metric tonne grain storage facility in 22 locations across the state to aid aggregation by farmers of rice, maize, and other grains pointing out the projects are ongoing across the designated locations.
The five major cattle markets were upgraded with basic infrastructure to help ease marketing activities and generate more income for both the marketers and government.
The Chairman of the Cattle Market Union, (Sarkin Kasuwan Kara), Mansir Madawaki, lauded the administration of the state governor, Abba Yusuf, for the construction of a veterinary clinic and eight toilet facilities in the market.
“We have never witnessed such projects during the previous administrations. Before now we were battling with thieves in the market but with the fencing of the market that has become history,” he added.
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