The Federal Government has launched the ABIS Livestock Academy, a new strategic platform designed to boost knowledge transfer, technical training, and innovation across Nigeria’s livestock sector.
The initiative, unveiled during the National Livestock Transformation Dialogue in Abuja, is part of broader efforts to modernise livestock production, strengthen value chains, and enhance Nigeria’s global competitiveness.
Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, said the academy will play a critical role in advancing innovation, building structured value chains, and expanding market access for livestock producers.
“The grazing reserve and the abattoir are two ends of the same vision — sustainable animal production and world-class processing,” Maiha stated, highlighting the academy’s potential to drive job creation, empower youth and women, and boost export earnings.
Chairman of ABIS, Emmanuel Nelson Usman, disclosed that the company’s expanding facilities, including modern abattoirs and cold storage systems, will create over 36,000 jobs, improve food security, and promote sustainability through the adoption of biogas technology.
Also speaking at the event, Managing Director of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Sa’ad Hamidu, revealed that the agency had trained 490 livestock actors in 2025 and facilitated more than N270 billion in loans for the sector.
Meanwhile, Belgium has announced plans for a trade mission in November aimed at strengthening collaboration in agriculture, cold-chain logistics, and AI-driven livestock identification. Maiha welcomed the development, describing Nigeria’s $33 trillion livestock market as a vast opportunity for investment in genetics, vaccines, pharmaceuticals, and advanced technologies.
