Gombe State has earned national recognition as a frontrunner in Nigeria’s livestock transformation drive, with its local Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) Project securing the 4th position in World Bank Mid-Term Performance Assessment.
The ranking reflects the direct impact of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s calculated multi-sectoral investments in turning the livestock sector into a primary engine for rural job creation and commercial wealth generation.
The performance assessment, jointly conducted by the World Bank, the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, and independent technical monitors, evaluated participating states across exact operational metrics.
These included field implementation velocity, structural procurement efficiency, strict financial expenditure documentation, and overall data-driven progress.
Gombe emerged as an elite performer, outclassing most states across the federation due to its seamless coordination in enhancing cattle and dairy yields, shielding herder communities from climate anomalies, and building robust market intersections.
Crucially, the World Bank’s stellar score positions Gombe State favourably to secure substantial financial injections through the project’s performance-based funding mechanism, a fiscal system designed to reward transparent, results-driven implementation.
Reacting to the development, the State Project Coordinator for Gombe L-PRES, Professor Usman Bello Abubakar, validated the milestone as a direct outcome of Governor Yahaya’s deliberate infrastructure policies, which intentionally link local animal health services with modern conflict-mitigation frameworks along traditional grazing corridors.
The institutional recognition coincides with rapid physical development across Gombe’s landmark agricultural sites.
The state administration recently handed over its sprawling Agro-Livestock Development Zone for comprehensive water reticulation under the expanded Malam Inna Water Supply Rehabilitation Project, ensuring sustainable, year-round water access for herds.
Concurrently, construction engineering works at the state’s primary Ultra-modern Abattoir and International Livestock Market have hit advanced delivery stages, cementing the sub-Saharan state’s growing reputation as a high-yield destination for private agro-industrial capital.
Source: Special Assistant to Gombe State Gov
