Nestlé Nigeria commissions a new Milk Collection Centre in Kaduna

 Nestlé Nigeria commissions a new Milk Collection Centre in Kaduna 

Oluwatoyin Mathnuel 

On Tuesday December 6, 2022, the Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture, Kaduna 

State - Malam Ibrahim Hassaini inaugurated Nestlé Nigeria Milk Collection Center at the 

Ladugga Grazing Reserve in Kachia LGA, Kaduna State. This milestone brings the milk 

collection and cooling capacity of Nestlé’s Dairy Development Program to 3000trs/day in 

Ladduga grazing reserve.

Nestlé, in partnership with CBI Innovations Limited, a social enterprise, is implementing 

a 5-year dairy development project that aggregates smallholder diary producers to 

improve the productivity of the local dairy industry in Nigeria, supported by International 

Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC-2CALE).

In her address at the opening ceremony, Victoria Uwadoka, the Corporate 

Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Nestlé Nigeria said, “We are proud of the 

progress we have made since the first engagement with the Kaduna State Ministry of 

Agriculture which culminated in the start of operations here in Ladugga Grazing Reserve 

in 2021.”

“Nestlé Nigeria’s dairy project is built on 3 pillars: Better Feed and Fodder, Quality Milk 

Products and Resilient communities. We have made significant progress on these 3 pillars

and the opening of this Milk Collection and Cooling Centre will help us consolidate on this 

progress which has yielded year on year increase in milk volumes month on month. We 

can safely increase the 1,396L/day we are currently collecting in Ladduga, thanks to the 

increased collection and chilling capacity with the launch of this facility today.”

The achievement of milk volumes in Nestle’s dairy development project is made possible 

by the engagement and empowerment of 77 cooperatives and 31 aggregators in the 

Ladugga Grazing Reserve community. The project has also made significant investments 

in improving herd health, improving infrastructure including provision of water and the Speaking at the inauguration, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Agriculture, who was 

represented by the Permanent Secretary Alhaji Manisibi Mohammed Kabiru thanked 

Nestlé and CBI Innovations Limited “For initiating this laudable Milk Collection Centre in 

Kaduna State to accelerate investment in the dairy sector of the state and to empower 

pastoralists and smallholder farmers in the dairy value chain. Also, the timely intervention 

of the project will go a long way to support the State’s potential to utilize livestock 

production merits, improve nomadic standard of living, foster the coexistence between  

the farmers and herders and help to mitigate recurrent crisis.” 

Victoria reaffirmed Nestlé’s commitment to contribute to the development of the dairy 

sector in Nigeria through investments in farmer capacity building, infrastructure 

improvement and novel technology to create sustainable routes to market for the 

pastoralists. 

To reach more pastoralists, Nestlé has started the installation of solar powered “Milk 

Banks” within 300KM radius of the communities where the pastoralists move to in search 

of fodder and water. One is already installed at Crossing, near the Ladduga Grazing 

Reserve. The technology, equipped with a single-phase compressor to achieve low power 

consumption to store and chill the milk collected at source, is the first of its kind in Nigeria.

 

“We will continue to scale up our milk collection efforts significantly by increasing our 

footprint, leveraging our Milk Banks,” Victoria Said. 

“We are pleased with the work that our implementation partner, CBI Innovations Limited 

is doing on the ground to deepen and accelerate an inclusive business model within the 

project. We will continue to work with the Kaduna State Government and all stakeholders

towards achieving Nestlé’s purpose of unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of 

life for everyone, today and for future generations.” she added. 

-endAbout Nestle dairy development program

Nestlé Livestock Development Program, NLDP is a project within the company’s Creating Shared Value initiatives. The 

Company aims to leverage its expertise in dairy to support the development of a sustainable dairy ecosystem in 

Nigeria along three pillars: Better Fodder, Better Quality, and Better Products. This will be achieved by improving 

cooperative dynamics, promoting better herd health, and engendering hygienic milk collection and handling practices.

NLDP supports the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), designed to accelerate an ecosystem for livest