President Bola Tinubu has appointed a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, as Presidential adviser and coordinator of Presidential Livestock Reforms.
Jega’s appointment was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser to Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga in a post on X on Friday night.
Jega was the INEC chairman chairman between 2010 to 2015.
Onanuga wrote, “President Bola Tinubu appoints Professor Attahiru Jega as Presidential adviser and coordinator of Presidential Livestock Reforms.”
In July, Tinubu created a new ministry called the Ministry of Livestock Development.
The ministry was mandated to provide sector-focused solutions to address the age-long farmers-herders crisis.
This followed a recommendation by the National Livestock Reforms Committee the Ministry of Livestock Resources is to, among other deliverables, reduce the decades-long gory conflict between farmers and nomadic cattle herders nationwide.
Jega, former vice chancellor of Bayero University, co-chaired the Presidential Livestock Committee with Tinubu.
The committee delivered comprehensive recommendations that underscored sustainable livestock reforms. One recommendation was the creation of the Livestock Ministry, which now has a minister.
Jega, 68, is a member of the International Elections Advisory Council and the pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education in Kano State.
His appointment as special adviser to Tinubu will reinforce the gains of the presidential committee and ensure the continued momentum of the reforms already in motion.
The PUNCH
