The way Nigerian leaders talk about cows and goats gives one the impression that these animals are far higher in value than the average citizen. Discourse on cattle is so much elevated above any meaningful discussion on education, technology or development in general. From the look of things, it seems Nigeria’s 18.4 million cattle, its 43.4 million sheep, 76 million goats and 7.5 million pigs are of far more importance than its 10.
When a member of the Senate questioned the competence of the National Assembly in legislating on the livestock industry, which should ordinarily be a private business concern, the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, said any government or parliament should be able to do anything possible to protect an industry of between N5-N10trn.
Why are cattle so important to our political elite? Are they the ones behind the cattle business? After all, we know that the herdsmen we see following cows up and down are not the owners of the cows they tend. Rather, they are hired by the cattle owners to feed and protect these animals. Someone once said while India has sacred cows, Nigeria has sacred cow owners. I agree.
They will rather divert our resources to cow than education
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