Felicitations pour in as His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, appoints former INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega as Adviser and Coordinator of the Presidential Livestock Reform.
As a professor and former vice chancellor of Bayero University, Attahiru Jega, alongside the presidency, co-chaired the Presidential Livestock Committee. From 2010 to 2015, he was Nigeria’s INEC Chairman until a smooth transition of power occured. The 68-year-old is also a member of the International Elections Advisory Council and the pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Saโadatu Rimi University of Education in Kano State.
His announcement as Presidential Adviser was disclosed on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy. Jega has been serving as the chairman of the presidential committee on livestock reform.
In a report presented to the presidency in September 2024, there were mentions of recommendations from the committee on livestock reform implementation in Nigeria.
In his interaction with journalists after the presidential rendezvous, the former INEC Chairman, Jega, revealed that the committee submitted a 152-page document for review on how the government can curb the ongoing clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the country.
He further disclosed that the committee is of the opinion that both ranching and open grazing can coexist in the short term until there is enough awareness and adequate infrastructure to enhance the adoption of full ranching.
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