{"id":64901,"date":"2025-04-27T04:39:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T04:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64901"},"modified":"2025-04-27T04:39:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T04:39:24","slug":"fcta-moves-to-revamp-abattoirs-clinics-and-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/27\/fcta-moves-to-revamp-abattoirs-clinics-and-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"FCTA Moves to Revamp Abattoirs, Clinics and Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration has set in motion a sweeping assessment of abattoirs, veterinary clinics, and farm infrastructures across the territory.<\/p>\n<p>Mandate Secretary Abdullahi Ango disclosed this in Abuja on Friday after a week-long strategy session with directors, project heads, and specialised units.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ango explained that the facility tours across area councils would serve as a launchpad for direct engagement with farmers, stakeholders, and development partners, a move expected to fast-track agricultural programmes in the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that efforts were already in top gear to deliver seeds, fertilisers, and farm equipment to farmers ahead of the rainy season.<\/p>\n<p>Reaffirming his commitment to driving change, Mr Ango called for renewed teamwork and efficiency among staff to meet the secretariat&#8217;s goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our farmers are waiting, and the nation is counting on us. There is no room for delays,&#8221; he charged. &#8220;We must align with the vision of the Nyesom Wike-led FCT Administration and that of the FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud. Our actions must clearly reflect the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ango, who previously served with the Youths Development Secretariat, also highlighted plans to empower agricultural extension workers and strengthen public private partnerships to attract agribusiness investments.<\/p>\n<p>He urged all staff to bring innovation and urgency to the table, noting that service to humanity and the residents of the FCT must remain at the heart of their mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0 The Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration has set in motion a sweeping assessment of abattoirs, veterinary clinics, and farm infrastructures across the territory. Mandate Secretary Abdullahi Ango disclosed this in Abuja on Friday after a week-long strategy session with directors, project heads, and specialised units. Mr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64903,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64901\/revisions\/64903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}