Buhari promises to end waste of dairy products

President Muham­madu Buhari has de­cried the culture of waste foisted on the coun­try due to lack of means of preservation of agricul­tural products, especially in diary business.

He spoke on Tuesday at State House, Abuja while receiving the Global Chief Executive Officer of Friesland Campina, of The Netherlands, Mr Roelf Joosten.

The President lamented the situation in which cattle farmers throw away milk from their animals due to inadequate pres­ervation and processing methods.

“We have failed to de­velop our assets on a per­manent basis. This, we are determined to work on”, the president promised.

The Minister of Agricul­ture and Rural Develop­ment, aChief Audu Ogbe, who was also at the event, promised that herdsmen would soon be organised into ranches in the country with special grasses and water to enable better ani­mal yield.

He also disclosed that special flasks, which can preserve raw milk for up to six hours, would soon be made available, enabling cattle farmers to get the product to dairies in good quality.