The Nigerian Government has commissioned a Strategic Animal Resting Facility at Jaba-Jaba in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State to strengthen quarantine services, animal health surveillance and the safe movement of livestock along Nigeria’s border with Cameroon through the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES)
The facility was commissioned by the Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, together with the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Kaletapwa Farauta, as part of the Minister’s working visit to L-PRES intervention sites in the state.
It is strategically positioned along the Nigeria-Cameroon border corridor to provide an organized point where livestock in transit can be temporarily held, inspected and subjected to appropriate animal health and quarantine procedures before onward movement.
The intervention is particularly important in strengthening Nigeria’s capacity to prevent and control transboundary animal diseases, improving disease surveillance, biosecurity and the monitoring of livestock movement across the international border.
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Speaking at the commissioning, the Minister said; “the facility is another significant investment by the Federal Government in building a modern and resilient livestock sector, especially through improved animal health and quarantine systems.”
Maiha said “effective surveillance along border livestock corridors is critical to protecting Nigeria’s livestock population, safeguarding public health and facilitating safer livestock trade between Nigeria and neighboring countries.”
Kaletapwa Farauta, the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, expressed appreciation to the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, the World Bank and L-PRES for the investment, describing it as “an important contribution to the development of the livestock sector in Adamawa State.”
She reaffirmed the government’s commitment to interventions in productivity, animal health, food security and the livelihood of livestock producers across the state.
The National Project Coordinator of L-PRES, Sanusi Abubakar, said, “the Jaba-Jaba facility is part of the Project’s strategic investments to strengthen livestock health infrastructure and improve the management of animal movement along the major border corridors.”
He stressed the need for the facility to be fully utilized and managed sustainably to ensure maximum benefit for livestock producers, traders, veterinary authorities and border communities from the investment.
The Jaba-Jaba Strategic Animal Resting Facility is part of the broader L-PRES interventions to modernize Nigeria’s livestock sector through improved animal health services, increased disease surveillance, improved biosecurity, and investments to support safer and more productive livestock value chains.
This Jaba-Jaba facility follows the recent commissioning of a similar L-PRES Strategic Animal Holding Facility at the Etung-Ikom border corridor in Cross River State, another major international livestock route between Nigeria and Cameroon.
The two facilities are part of L-PRES investments to improve quarantine operations, disease surveillance, biosecurity and safer cross-border livestock movement at strategic entry points across the country.
