Buhari Urges Friesland Campina To Educate Cattle Farmers

August 9, 2016

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An appeal has gone to the Global Chief Executive Officer of Friesland Campina, The Netherlands, Mr Roelf Joosten, to educate cattle farmers in Nigeria on the need to know that “quality matters more than quantity.”

President Muhammadu Buhari, who received Mr Joosten on Tuesday at the State House, decried the culture of waste foisted on the country due to lack of means of preservation of agricultural products.

President Buhari lamented the situation in which cattle farmers throw away milk from their animals, because there is no means of preserving and processing the product.

He said, “We have failed to develop our assets on a permanent basis. This, we are determined to work on.”

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, who was also at the event, promised that herdsmen would soon be organized into ranches in the country with special grasses and water, which will give better yield and make the animals healthier.

He also disclosed that special flasks, which can preserve raw milk for up to six hours, would soon be made available, enabling cattle farmers to get the product to dairies in good quality.

Mr Joosten disclosed that Friesland Campina is a cooperative owned by 19,000 farmers, and is 145 years old. It began business in Nigeria in 1973 as Friesland Campina WAMCO Nigeria.

The company wants to partner with the Federal Government to build a healthier populace through better nutrition, collaborate in the school feeding programme, and promote dairy development in the country. It has also been providing nutrition support for internally displaced persons in the North-East.

Also on the delegation of the Global CEO was the Managing Director of Friesland Campina WAMCO, Mr Rahul Colaco.

Dipo Olowookere

Dipo Olowookere is a journalist based in Nigeria that has passion for reporting business news stories. At his leisure time, he watches football and supports 3SC of Ibadan.

Mr Olowookere can be reached via [email protected]

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