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The Nigerian Government, through the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), has commissioned a Strategic Animal Resting Facility at Jaba-Jaba in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State to strengthen quarantine services, animal health surveillance and the safe movement of livestock along Nigeria’s border with Cameroon.

The facility was commissioned by the Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, with the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Kaletapwa Farauta, during the Minister’s working visit to L-PRES intervention sites in the state.

The facility is strategically located along the Nigeria-Cameroon border corridor and provides an organized point where livestock in transit can be temporarily held, inspected and subjected to appropriate animal health and quarantine procedures before onward movement.

The intervention is of particular importance in enhancing Nigeria’s capacity to prevent and control transboundary animal diseases, while improving disease surveillance, biosecurity and monitoring of livestock movement across the international border.

The Minister, while speaking at the commissioning said; “the facility represents another key investment by the Federal Government in building a modern and resilient livestock sector, particularly through stronger animal health and quarantine systems.”

“Effective surveillance along border livestock corridors is critical to protecting Nigeria’s livestock population, safeguarding public health and facilitating safer livestock trade between Nigeria and neighboring countries,” Maiha said.

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The Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Kaletapwa Farauta, praised the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, the World Bank and L-PRES for the investment, saying it was “an important contribution to the development of the livestock sector in Adamawa State.”

She reiterated the government’s commitment to interventions in productivity, animal health, food security and the livelihoods of livestock producers across the state.

“The Jaba-Jaba facility is part of the Project’s strategic investments aimed at strengthening livestock health infrastructure and improving the management of animal movement along major border corridors,” said the National Project Coordinator of L-PRES, Sanusi Abubakar.

He stressed the need for effective utilization and sustainable management of the facility to ensure that livestock producers, traders, veterinary authorities and border communities reap maximum benefits from the investment.

The Jaba-Jaba Strategic Animal Resting Facility is one of the wider L-PRES interventions to modernize Nigeria’s livestock sector through improved animal health services, improved disease surveillance, improved biosecurity and investments that promote safer and more productive livestock value chains.

The Jaba-Jaba facility comes on the heels of the recent commissioning of a similar L-PRES Strategic Animal Holding Facility at the Etung-Ikom border corridor in Cross River State, another important international livestock route between Nigeria and Cameroon.

The two facilities are part of L-PRES investments to strengthen quarantine operations, disease surveillance, biosecurity and safer cross-border livestock movement at strategic entry points across the country.