By Jennifer Y Omiloli
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says it would gather its members over the alliance into agreeable social orders to empower them profit from Federal Government financing openings.
Alhaji Othman Ngelzarma, General Secretary of MACBAN gave the affirmation in an interview on Thursday in Abuja.
He said such activity would also help individuals to access assets from other financial institutions.
Ngelzarma clarified that through the activity, the affiliation could without much of a stretch, improve individuals’ abilities in their particular states and just as furnish them with chance to get to a ton of help.
The general secretary noticed that the affiliation, which was set up more than 30 years ago, had the orders of guaranteeing the prosperity of its individuals.
According to him, the affiliation have chosen currently to arrange themselves to what can bring harmony to Nigerians and furthermore help in improving the country’s economy for the advancement of the whole natives of the nation.
“Very soon, we will call for National Executive Council meeting where we will discuss the guidelines and the reason to embark on this initiative.
“All our members in the states will be organise into cooperatives and in doing this it can also help in checking the security situation of the country.
“If you organise them into cooperative societies, governors of each state will know the cooperative societies that exists under MACBAN.
“And through their leadership they can help complement the efforts of various governments in the areas of security, education, commerce among others.
“Henceforth, we have decided to concern ourselves with economic aspects of the pastoralists, what can be done to improve their social well-being and how we can organise and stimulate them toward helping Nigerian economy.
“Our focus now is to adopt measures as an occupational association, create awareness among our members to improve their lives.
“And how our members can be good citizens, organise to also fight crime among themselves in order to complement government’s effort in fighting crime and to ensure peaceful coexistence among divers communities in Nigeria,” Ngelzarma said.
Similarly, the general secretary said that the association would as well make it mandatory for its leadership at national level and state chairmen to acquire land and establish a mini local ranch with simple fence.
He said ranches would enable the pastoralists to keep few cows, inseminate them through artificial insemination so that their next breed would be the ones that could bring more output of meat and milk.
