Kwara Showcases Achievement as L-PRES Concludes Implementation Support Mission In Yola

The World Bank supported Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has concluded its Implementation Support Mission (ISM) in Yola, Adamawa State.

The mission is part of the strategy to evaluate the project progress, identify and resolve operational challenges, strengthen coordination by aligns Federal Government, Participating States, World Bank, and relevant partners for seamless execution to achieve the project development objectives (PDO).
In his presentation at the event, the Kwara State Project Coordinator, Mr. Olusoji Oyawoye highlighted some of the milestones achievement of the L-PRES Project in the development of the State livestock sector that includes the rehabilitation of a solar-powered cold chain facility, construction of solar-powered boreholes with watering trough in various locations across the state.
Rehabilitation of existing boreholes and mapping of 683 km stock routes, as well as planting of over 190 hectares commercial pasture development driven by local farmers across the state to ensure year round feed and water, and prevent potential conflicts between herders and farmers.
According to him, other achievements includes; construction and installation of 60-tonnes cold storage facility, Provision of water facility in Livestock markets and  pastoralist settlements".
 "Rehabilitation of  cold chain facility, slaughter slabs,as well as the ongoing installations of  waste management facility 
and training of 300 butchers on waste management and vaccination of over 230,000 animals are to ensure good hygiene practices, safe and healthy animals  in the state livestock industry.

While declaring the mission open earlier,  The Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiha, said L-PRES has become an important part of the Federal Government’s efforts to transform Nigeria’s livestock sector, with interventions already making a difference in participating states.
He urged the project teams to use the mission to take a closer look at implementation, address areas requiring improvement and ensure that investments translate into sustainable results for livestock farmers and other value-chain actors.
Also speaking at the programme, the World Bank Task Team Leader for L-PRES, Dr. Manievel Emmanuel Sene, said the mission is centred on socialisation, orientation, learning and updating progress on project implementation.
He said the mission provides an important platform for the Federal and State teams to learn from one another, discuss what is working, identify areas that require greater attention and use lessons from implementation to improve delivery.

The National Project Coordinator of L-PRES, Dr. Sanusi Abubakar while welcoming the participants noted that L-PRES is recording progress across key areas of the livestock value chain, including animal health services, livestock infrastructure, water provision, pasture and feed development, production systems and market access.
The National Coordinator further disclosed that the growing interest from additional states is encouraging, stressed that this place greater responsibility on the project to maintain the quality of its interventions and improve implementation.
The mission was concluded with an on-the-spot assessment of the the L-PRES Project sites in Adamawa State

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