The Kano State Agro-pastoral Development Project says it will spend about N3.9bn on the construction of 60 milk collection centres across the state.
The Project Communication Specialist in charge of the project, Ameen Yassar, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Yassar said the project was being funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Lives and Livelihood Funds, adding that the initiative was aimed at enhancing the provision of quality and safe milk, by putting in place a cold chain.
He said the contracts, in four lots, were awarded to four indigenous companies with a completion period of 12 months.
He explained that each milk collection centre would have a borehole equipped with a solar-powered pump and a 20,000-litre overhead tank, an input store managed by a community appointee and up to 10 fodder banks in its environs.
