Okowa: Delta will not donate land for cattle colonies

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Following the calls for the establishment of Cattle Colonies across the Country by the Federal Government and with the full support of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), the Delta state government has said it will not donate. 
Chief Press Secretary to the Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Mr. Charles Aniagwu who disclosed this during a media interaction with members of the Indigenous Correspondents Chapel (ICC) of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, maintained that the State will not cede even a plot of land for the purpose of creating Cattle Colony.

He urged all parties interested in cattle business to go purchase lands to run their business. 

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