Speaking at the 2024 World Milk Day commemorative event in Kano, the farmers attested to the impact of the business’ backward integration investment.
The efforts also helped raise dairy farmers’ wives’ incomes which helped more of their children to attend school. “The intervention has ensured the herdsmen can access feed for their cattle without roaming around farmlands. This arrangement has led to harmony in the communities.” Speaking at the event, Dairy Sales Manager, B2B, for Outspan Nigeria, Chioma Eze, said: “It has been five years since we embarked on this journey with Kano Dairy Cooperative Union, and we are very pleased to see the results of our hard work come to fruition. What began as a small pilot project has grown into this successful venture, and we believe there is potential for it to grow to greater heights.
The Alliance for Rural Electrification has expressed its commitment to provide new or improved electricity access to over 17.5 million Nigerians using its Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up scheme. The alarming surge in global debt burden calls for urgent reforms to the international financial systems to safeguard a prosperous future for both people and the planet, the United Nations has said.