By Iselowo Kolawole Kehinde

Questions and answers for the proposed Chat on RUGA.

Question 1. What is the NLTP?

National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) is a strategic layout plan with a focused effort in redefining the agricultural sub-sector to act as a catalyst for building national prosperity.

Question 2. So what is the concept of NLTP?

The concept behind NLTP is to bring together private investors, catalytic government services and capital, and targeted donor support using classic value chain building tools designed to deliver for Nigeria the livestock sector transformation that multiple countries have gone through from Paraguay and Brazil to Zambia and Ethiopia.

Question 3. Would the FG collect lands from States to create the NLTP?

No, the Project for Agricultural Coordination and Execution (PACE) Secretariat domiciled in the office of the Vice President will initially support the development of pilot ranches in each of 7 pilot states (Adamawa, Benue, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara ).

States can also opt-in with private land provisions to help shape the success of the pilot phase. States’ participation is voluntary and only states willing to participate would be supported.

Each state is responsible to put in place  a  suitable delivery mechanism for the NLTP. PACE will  support them and suggests a structure that mirrors  its own.

Question 4. Why is the NEC bothered about the burden with the States? 

Nomadic livestock production in Nigeria involves a lot of itinerant migration cutting across several borders of states, hence it’s imperative we create a conducive environment for transformation of the livestock sector that will lead to peaceful coexistence, economic development and food security for the growing population with results and efficacy determined by the following outputs: Transformation, Safety and Security, Effective Productivity and Job Creations and Growth.

Question 5. Is the NLTP for only the Fulani’s? 

No, it’s not only for the Fulani’s. Nigerians population expected to be 250+ million by 2030. This requires an urgent modernization of key elements of the economy in order to generate jobs, household income, and promote social stability.

Pastoralists account for the majority of beef and milk production in Nigeria. Nomadic livestock production in Nigeria is facing major crises and is at a cross road due to the declining availability of pasture and grazing land, overgrazing, and most importantly, the recurrent and fatal conflicts between Pastoralists and crop farmers.

The impacts on food and nutrition security as well as public safety and national security are significant determining factors in social-economic development of the nation and well-being of her citizens, hence directly affects everyone not just the Fulani’s.

Question 6. Would the Fulani eventually settle and take over these dominated areas?

No the Fulani’s wouldn’t settle down and claim the land as the NLTP is for a duration of 10 years, after which data collected based on feedback from the state level and national consultations, strategic intervention areas are proposed that support improved performance and sustainability of livestock production and value addition, underpinned by productive infrastructure and technological interventions along the livestock value chain.

Question 7. Who would manage and coordinate these settlements? 

The co-ordination of the NLTP will be carried out at the Federal level by the NEC NLTP Steering Committee through the Project for Agriculture Coordination & Execution (PACE) Secretariat to be domiciled in the Office of the Vice President.

Question 8. Do the Ohanaze, Ndigbo, Afenifere and other cultural organizations have to accept the plan of the NLTP? 

No, they don’t have to accept the NLTP as the program would be coordinated at State Levels through the PACE Secretariat under the guidance of the Federal Level by the NEC NLTP STEERING COMMITTEE

Question 9. What are states required to bring forth to implement the NLTP?

States can also opt-in with private land provisions to help shape the success of the pilot phase kicking off with some select 7 states.

Each state is responsible to put in place a  suitable delivery mechanism for the NLTP. PACE will  support them and suggests a structure that mirrors  its own.

Question 10. Why can’t the Fulanis have their own settlement in their states?

No the Fulanis can’t have their own settlements in their state because they are itinerant herdsmen and Pastoralists account for the majority of beef and milk production in Nigeria with Nomadic livestock production in Nigeria facing major crises and is at a cross road due to the declining availability of pasture and grazing land, overgrazing, and most importantly, the recurrent and fatal conflicts between Pastoralists and crop farmers in the country, hence making it a issue of National concern not bound by geo-ethnical limitations.

Question 11. How would the funding for NLTP be generated? 

The funding would be achieved through Federal, State, Private Sector and Development Partners inclusions.

By Ajayi Joel

This is for the writers, the artists, the entrepreneurs, the employees, the fashion designers and for everyone who wants to make a change, and have an audience or a set of customers, clients, tribesmen.

I have to constantly use the word tribe so you would know how important a community is today in the world of work. A community is a set of people with a leader that leads them.

In the world of work today, no matter your sector, it is possible to be a leader and lead a set of persons.  To lead, the first thing to ask yourself is what value do I have to offer? You cannot be a starter in a skill and the next thing you want to do is lead a tribe. If you do that, someone stronger and more skillful than you will overthrow you.

So in any skill, job or profession you want to engage in, you must first strive to be good at it. If you don’t know up to a reasonable extent in it, then you are not ready to lead. Now, you are qualified – but how do you lead a tribe?

First, you must articulate a vision which you must execute. Executing that vision will require a mission. To make all of them connect, you must be solving a problem which is evident in your tribe. That problem could be growing market share, providing jobs in your community, leading a student group, or keeping your community safe from crime. To thrive, you need to be great – yes, above average.

You Must Stand Out

The era of average is over. Nobody wants an average product anymore. No company or community wants an average leader.  Matter of fact marketers and companies are facing tough times because they have been producing average products. They need leaders to drive their tribes to greater moments.

Nobody walks into a city and goes to the restaurant with a rude waitress and dirty environment. You could overlook it before, and manage it. Not anymore!

Now, there are tens of restaurants scattered across every major city in Nigeria, and consumers know the best restaurants with the polite waitresses and food.

There are tens of very good hotels with awesome customer service. You would only be making a big mistake trying to play it safe by being average. You hire an illiterate security man who cannot say “welcome” to strangers, the hotel attendants were not trained on how to receive customers because you are trying to save expenses, and yet you think you are on mission as a leader.

That era is over and you would only fizzle out. And your tribe will go and fade into oblivion. This is the world of work and jobs. You cannot afford to be average. I don’t mean based on grades because grading is not an efficient testing system even though nothing has replaced it.

No company wants an average worker. No company wants an average leader No, not anymore. An average worker is a compliant worker who would sit at his desk all day waiting for instructions to be given to him, and would do nothing else if no instructions are given.

An average worker would still request for a roadmap after the instruction has been given! When members of your tribe are like that, you are failing your tribe. If you do not make changes, your tribe will one day vanish.

The Tribe Under Assault

That era of average is over; both for the leader and the followers in a tribe.  No company has so much money to spend on less smart graduates. I mean being average was the safest thing to do before, but now it would ruin you.

Companies could survive years ago without making themselves known on the internet. Now, marketers in companies are running out of breadth to steal customers attention and the customers already know where they derive the best satisfaction. Competition is global, not local, once you hit the web. You have no hiding place anymore.

If you have forgotten, there are many like yourself with the same qualification as you and just a few would be picked. As the law of demand and supply states:”The higher the demand, the higher the price and the higher the supply, the lower the price”. Internet makes that supply extremely big that even a leader of a tribe can be picked from any place now.

You have to be remarkable to be recognized. Old shoes are no longer interesting and fascinating. You have to be remarkable to win. If you try to play it safe and fit in, you’ve played a loss and you might as well be forever forgotten. Your tribe is under assault; you must go out and battle.

All Together

How do you expect to beat Coca-cola in the world of beverage drinks if all you came out to do is claim how good the taste of your own drink is? Unless you carve out a niche, you have no chance in Lagos. Only leaders that excel can indeed be called leaders because they can save their tribes from ruins. Become a better leader by being above average. That is how to lead a tribe in commerce, business, technology and anything. Yes, be remarkable.

The biggest consolation is that the clock will reset and begins afresh at midnight. It’s Friday, no matter what has happened this week, make sure you reboot well as Friday fades this midnight to usher the weekend. There is a reason for weekend: end the week, period! Thinking and planning for the promises of tomorrow will always win over indulging on the mistakes or disappointments of an ended week.

By Sani Nahuche

Whenever an aspiring entrepreneur decides to start a business, the first concern that comes in his mind is how to keep the cost to a minimum. Propelling an online business isn’t about simply getting a site constructed and taking it on the web. There are several other procedures and unavoidable costs such as registering the domain, getting a server, business name registration, etc. Nonetheless, there are other operational costs that can be limited with the assistance of innovation to keep the spending limit inside the furthest point.

There are many tools and resources for start-ups that not only help in minimizing the cost, but also save time and make your business look and operate smartly. From recruiting to project management, CRM to email marketing, and every other critical element involved in running and growing a start-up today, there’s a tool for everything.

Let’s explore some of the best tools for startups.

1. Brandroot

Breadroot offers you bunches of alternatives including 50 diverse industry classes, arbitrary names, inclining names and searches utilizing catchphrases. It’s a standout amongst the best business name generators by industry. You can look by cost; the more you’re set up to spend on a business name, the more decisions you’ll have. It doesn’t mean the “ease” choices are terrible decisions. A few people basically need “the best, most costly” choices for their “notoriety.”

Some of the names offered will likewise demonstrate to you a text style plan as well as a logo to enable you to pick something remarkable without getting worried about it. The site evaluates every choice for mass intrigue and potential acknowledgment. Make sure to be savvy, consider your space name in the meantime, and make a short rundown before at long last choosing what will best suit your needs.  about it.

The site evaluates every choice for mass intrigue and potential acknowledgment. Make sure to be savvy, consider your space name in the meantime, and make a short rundown before at long last choosing what will best suit your needs.

2. Namelix

This AI-driven business name generator is an extraordinary instrument to kick you off. Simply enter the keyword that you believe is most applicable to your business and voila! It doesn’t simply produce names for you, it additionally imagines it into a logo. It doesn’t simply search for nonexclusive words yet in addition looks into equivalent words and expressions of the closest importance to enable you to focus in on the ideal brand name. Also? You can even redo it to look the manner in which you need and download it for later use. The downloads cost you about $25 however the business name thought is as yet yours to utilize!

3. Fiverr

Fiverr empowers consultants and business people to begin doing, developing and succeeding. The stage enables business visionaries to find specialists by having them interacted with administration merchants in three distinct dimensions. Along these lines, they get the chance to meet specialists with the perfect ranges of abilities and rates who will suit their needs. These merchant levels enable organizations to either grow or limit their ventures as indicated by specialist levels.

4. Canva

Canva is an online visual computerization instrument utilized for creating social posts, blog illustrations, Twitter headers, Facebook promotions and the preferences. The site holds a library of around a million text styles, photographs, just as symbols. Clients can choose a plan format or select to make one starting with no outside help utilizing intuitive highlights. Transferring, including and making pictures is a significant simple assignment with Canva. The fundamental record is free of expense. Extra illustrations and photographs transferred by independent fashioners can be utilized for just $1 each.

5. Quickbooks

QuickBooks offers numerous renditions intended to fit the bookkeeping needs of essentially any little or medium-sized business. All renditions of QuickBooks highlight devices for routine bookkeeping that rearrange following solicitations, costs, clients, bills and then some. QuickBooks spares time by guaranteeing precise bookkeeping and by decreasing or taking out inside and out, the need to enter a similar bookkeeping information in various programming applications.

6. Office 365

Office 365 is a cloud-based, membership model variant of Microsoft’s prominent efficiency suite Microsoft Office. Office 365 contains a similar center applications as customary renditions of Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and relying upon the arrangement bought, may likewise incorporate different applications and administrations, for example, Publisher, Planner, OneDrive, Exchange, SharePoint, Access, Skype, Yammer, and Microsoft Teams. There are various bundles accessible when permitting Office 365, including variants for individual use, multi-client family units, understudies, organizations, non-benefits, and instruction foundations. There are additionally on the web and versatile just forms of Office, known as Office Online, through which clients can gain admittance to include restricted renditions of Office applications for nothing.

7. WordPress

WordPress is the world’s most prevalent stage and GoDaddy is the world’s biggest web host and area supplier. Together, they help you to make a wonderful site which will proceed to turn into the essence of your organization when you are pitching for new organizations.

8. Panabee

Panabee offers you a couple of approaches to locate a reasonable business name. Begin with your two watchwords and after that take a gander at the outcomes. You might be fortunate and discover something straightaway at the same time, if not, you have different approaches to extend your pursuit. You can utilize this site for a space name too, so you cut your looking down the middle. Take a stab at modifying your rundown to check various augmentations, minor departure from your watchwords and contrasting proposals by means of web based life with see what’s accessible and appropriate. Attempt distinctive TLDs to make it something that is more nation explicit. You won’t comprehend what you’ll discover until you look.

9. Comm100

Comm100 Live Chat is a live visit bolster arrangement reasonable for both little to medium size organizations (SMBs) and bigger endeavours. This framework empowers organizations to draw in their site guests continuously. Comm100 Live Chat can be utilized by deals groups to recognize and change over potential clients, just as by help groups to address clients’ worries continuously. This item works for organizations or associations in any industry requiring constant client correspondence. Comm100 Live Chat offers two freely conveyed versions, one for SMBs and another for huge endeavours. The SMB release highlights live talk, an easy to understand interface, adaptable evaluating, and it is portable well disposed. Comm100 Live Chat for Enterprise offers this, in addition to talk directing and assignment, programmed guest acknowledgment, key execution pointer (KPI) announcing, specialist execution assessment and all day, every day visit volume reports. It can coordinate with GoToMeeting, Cisco, Avaya and the sky is the limit from there. Comm100 Live Chat for Enterprise can be sent either in the cloud or on-premises.

10. Envato

If you have an Envato Account, it gives you access to any of the Envato Market destinations, where you can purchase or sell computerized products like WordPress topics, ambient melodies, After Effects undertaking documents, photography and a whole lot more.

All Together

These tools and resource are useful for new companies and private ventures in keeping their activities consistent, simple and progressively productive. Use them carefully, wisely, study them first, and at the end of it all might cost you close to nothing. Yes, they can undoubtedly push your business to better prospects for a considerable length of time.