Probe Unpaid Bird-flu Compensation

The House of Representatives has stepped up efforts to overhaul the livestock sector and resolve long-standing delays in compensation for farmers affected by bird flu outbreaks. At a public hearing on six livestock bills related bills in Abuja, the Chairman of the House Committee on Livestock Development, Wale Raji, said the new bills under consideration would establish livestock colleges and research institutes to improve training, research and animal production nationwide. […]