Goat for Business: Katsina Governor Masari Buys 720 Goats At N144,000 Each

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has distributed 720 high breed of goats worth N104 million to 240 women under its Women Empowerment Scheme.

Alhaji Abdulkadir Nasir, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Economic Empowerment, disclosed this yesterday in Katsina at the launching of the programme.
He said that each of 240 women selected across the 34 local governments would be given two female goats and one male goat.

The official said that the animals, which were purchased in Niger Republic, were highly reproductive and good for breeding.

“Research has showed that the goats reproduce twice a year and give up to two liters of milk daily.

“The goats are also insured for one year and veterinary officers will be going round in all the local governments to provide medication to the animals if the need arises,” he said.

Nasir said that the animals were being given to the beneficiaries under a loan scheme and the cost was expected to be repaid after a year.

Governor Masari said that the loans were part of the N2 billion loan obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the development of Small Scale and Medium Entrepreneurship.

He said that loan attracted nine percent interest rate and would be paid by the state government.