{"id":131465,"date":"2024-09-20T11:48:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T10:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:50:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T11:50:04","slug":"ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry","title":{"rendered":"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, reiterated his administration\u2019s commitment to becoming a leading player in the Halal meat export industry.<\/p>\n<p>He stated this while speaking at the launch of Goats and Sheep distribution to women across the state under the Nigeria Community Action Resilient and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), Results Area II (FADAMA CARES), held at Shiwarin.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the Governor, the State Project Coordinator of FADAMA CARES, Dr. Aliyu Inuwa, said the aim of the program is to increase food security and ensure the safe functioning of the food supply chain for poor households.<\/p>\n<p>Aliyu said that under the program, over 25,300 livestock, including goats and sheep, were distributed to 6,650 rural women as grants across the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cOut of the number of beneficiaries, 5,350 women were given three goats and one he-goat, and 1,300 women were given two sheep and one ram, along with animal feed and transportation fare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the Jigawa State government is embarking on this initiative to harness the state\u2019s vast livestock resources and cater to the increasing global demand for Halal-certified meat.<\/p>\n<p>He said the aim is not only to boost the state\u2019s economy but also to position Jigawa as a key exporter of high-quality, ethically-sourced Halal meat products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are blessed with a rich agricultural base and a thriving livestock sector,\u201d Aliyu stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State Government intends to leverage this potential to make Jigawa a household name in Halal meat production and exportation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State government has already employed 300 mobile veterinary doctors, who were given motorcycles and animal healthcare kits, to address the gap in access to animal healthcare services, which has hindered the development of the livestock sector in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the initiative also aligns with the federal government\u2019s efforts to diversify Nigeria\u2019s economy, moving away from oil dependency and promoting agriculture as a key revenue source.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, reiterated his administration\u2019s commitment to becoming a leading player in the Halal meat export industry. He stated this while speaking at the launch of Goats and Sheep distribution to women across the state under the Nigeria Community Action Resilient and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), Results Area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":131464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[708,12060,254],"class_list":["post-131465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-jigawa","tag-ng-cares","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, reiterated his administration\u2019s commitment to becoming a leading player in ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, reiterated his administration\u2019s commitment to becoming a leading player in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-20T10:48:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-20T11:50:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"799\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-20T10:48:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-20T11:50:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Jigawa\",\"NG-CARES\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry\",\"name\":\"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-20T10:48:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-20T11:50:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, reiterated his administration\u2019s commitment to becoming a leading player in ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":799,\"caption\":\"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry - Nigeria","description":"The Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, reiterated his administration\u2019s commitment to becoming a leading player in ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry","og_description":"The Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, reiterated his administration\u2019s commitment to becoming a leading player in ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-09-20T10:48:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-20T11:50:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":799,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry","datePublished":"2024-09-20T10:48:29+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-20T11:50:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry"},"wordCount":339,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg","keywords":["Jigawa","NG-CARES","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","Policy","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry","name":"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-20T10:48:29+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-20T11:50:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, reiterated his administration\u2019s commitment to becoming a leading player in ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726820384.977584.jpg","width":1200,"height":799,"caption":"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ng-cares-jigawa-govt-targets-top-spot-in-halal-meat-export-industry#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NG-CARES: Jigawa govt targets top spot in halal meat export industry"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}