Kano To Buy Five Foreign Cows With N9.2 Million Budget

The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project has budgeted N9.2million to purchase five pure breeds of Friesian bulls to boost animal insemination at Kadawa Insemination Center.

The center is situated at Garun-Malam Local government area of the state.

KSADP was supported by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).

The project Coordinator, Ibrahim Garba-Muhammad, made this known through the project Communication Specialist, Ameen Yassar, in a statement on Friday in Kano.

He said that the contract was awarded to Hamjik Agric Plus Limited.

Garba-Muhammad said this had numerous benefits over natural mating, which included reducing sexually transmitted diseases among cattle and improving genetic quality of livestock.

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