- Tinubu created the Ministry of Livestock Development in July 2024 to address the age-long farmers-herders crisis
Attahiru Jega, a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been offered a new appointment by the federal government.
President Bola Tinubu on Friday appointed Jega as Presidential Adviser and Coordinator of Presidential Livestock Reforms.
This was confirmed by Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga, via his verified X account.
“Breaking: President Bola Tinubu appoints Professor Attahiru Jega as Presidential Adviser and Coordinator of Presidential Livestock Reforms,” Onanuga wrote.
Jega was INEC chairman from 2010 to 2015.
Tinubu created the Ministry of Livestock Development in July 2024 to address the age-long farmers-herders crisis.
Following a recommendation by the National Livestock Reforms Committee, the Ministry of Livestock Resources is expected, among other objectives, to mitigate the decades-long violent conflict between farmers and nomadic cattle herders nationwide
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