๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐: The Director of the Department of Livestock, along with Honorable ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฐ and the ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ Secretary, led the livestock fraternity in a productive video conference with His Excellency Honโble Prime Minister today. The meeting primarily focused on the issues faced by livestock officials as a result of human resource shortages and frequent disease outbreaks, which have hampered the efficiency of service delivery on the ground. The meeting, also moderated by Honorable ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฐ, provided a forum for the Department to present and address concerns confronting field colleagues in these exceptional circumstances. The field colleagues expressed their concerns about the critical need to solve these difficulties on the ground in order to provide good service to clients and farmers. Honorable ๐๐ช๐ซ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ’๐ด incisive remarks and acknowledgment of the common concerns gave a source of hope as well as an opportunity for field colleagues to voice their concerns.
Over 150 livestock officials attended the meeting, including ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฐ๐จ livestock supervisors, ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ Livestock Officers, Regional Veterinary Officers, ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ Veterinary Officers, ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ Livestock Production Officers, Assistant ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ Livestock Officers, heads of central programs and farms under the Department of Livestock, and headquarters officials.
The Department will soon consolidate all the issues raised and submit it to the Ministry.
