{"id":535,"date":"2024-06-03T15:57:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fishterm.com\/blog\/?p=535"},"modified":"2024-06-04T02:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T01:06:33","slug":"cameroons-ministry-of-livestock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishterm.com\/blog\/cameroons-ministry-of-livestock\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries, and Animal Industries ( MINEPIA ): 5 Significant Aspects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cameroon’s Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries, and Animal Industries (MINEPIA): Everything you ought to know<\/h1>\n

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Building housing MINEPIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MINEPIA<\/a> was reorganise lastly by presidential Decree No. 2012\/382 of 14 September 2012 to organise the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries, <\/em>signed by President Paul BIYA. Dr Taiga<\/strong>, a veterinary doctor, currently heads it, following his presidential appointment on December 09, 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n

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MINEPIA’s current minister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MINEPIA has been under the tenure of about 10 different Ministers, and has witnessed significant reorganisations over these years both on its departments and its appellations. Let’s first have a brief history of this body in the following section.<\/em><\/p>\n

History of MINEPIA<\/span><\/h2>\n

MINEPIA was established around the 1950’s before Cameroon got it’s independence in 1960, under the appellation: Ministry of livestock<\/span>, with the first ever minister being NGAYEWANG PIERRE, appointed in 18 June 1959. In 1972, MINEPIA was extended to handle animal industries, in addition to the livestock it was already supervising – thus the name became Ministry of livestock and animal industries.\u00a0 With the extension of the fisheries sector in Cameroon, the third component was added under MINEPIA’s supervision. It was then\u00a0<\/span><\/span>later<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>named <\/span>Ministry of livestock, fisheries and animal industries<\/span> followed by the appointment of a new minister, AYANG LUC, on MAY 02, 1978. Now, MINEPIA boasts of having its delegates in all the divisions and sub-division of Cameroon.<\/span><\/p>\n

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History and ministers of MINEPIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Table 1: History of MINEPIA and its various ministers from 1959 to 2024<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
MINISTRY APPELLATIONS<\/th>\nPHOTOS OF MINISTERS<\/th>\n\u00a0FIRST NAMES AND LAST NAMES<\/th>\nAppointment Date<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries<\/td>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nDr TA\u00cfGA<\/strong><\/td>\nDECEMBER 09, 2011<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nDr ABOUBAKAR SARKY<\/strong><\/td>\n08\u00a0DECEMBER 2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nDr HAMADJODA ADJOUDJI<\/strong><\/td>\nJULY 7, 1984<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nTORI LIMANGANA<\/strong><\/td>\nFEBRUARY 4, 1984<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nAYANG LUC<\/strong><\/td>\nMAY 02, 1978<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock and Animal Industries<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nDr MAIKANO ABDOULAYE<\/strong><\/td>\nJUNE 30, 1975<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock and Animal Industries<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nSADJO ANGOKAYE<\/strong><\/td>\nFEBRUARY 08, 1973<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock and Animal Industries<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nYOUSSOUFA DAOUDA<\/strong><\/td>\nJULY 3, 1972<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nYADJI ABDOULAYE<\/strong><\/td>\nJUNE 20, 1961<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Livestock Secretariat<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nACHINGUI PHILIPPE<\/strong><\/td>\nMAY 16, 1960<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ministry of Livestock<\/td>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nNGAYEWANG PIERRE<\/strong><\/td>\nJUNE 18, 1959<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Organisational Chart of MINEPIA<\/h2>\n

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According to Decree No. 2012\/382 of 14 September 2012 to organise the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries<\/span>, <\/em>MINEPIA consists of two main internal service branches:<\/p>\n

1. MINEPIA’s Central services:<\/strong> a set of the ministerial departments located in Yaound\u00e9, managing administrative processing of files assigned by the minister. They include: the Secretariat General, Department of Veterinary Services (DSV), Department of Animal Production and Industries Development (DDPIA), Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Fisheries Industries (DPAIH), etc.<\/p>\n

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2. MINEPIA’s Devolved services<\/strong>: MINEPIA delegations spread across the ten regions of the country coordinating fisheries activities, in the form of MINEPIA regional, divisional and sub-divisional delegations. MINEPIA has ten Regional Delegations, about fifty eight Divisional delegations, and about three hundred and fifty Sub-divisional delegates of livestock, fisheries and animal industries<\/span>, corresponding to its ten regions, fifty eight divisions, and its 360 subdivisions .<\/p>\n

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MINEPIA regional delegation for the West (one out of its ten regional delegations)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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MINEPIA South-west regional delegation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It equally extends its technical supervision to external structures such as Attached services, and Bodies under its supervision:<\/p>\n

1. Bodies under its supervision<\/span><\/strong>: These are bodies placed under MINEPIA’s technical supervision. They include: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de D\u00e9veloppement et d’Exploitation des Productions Animales<\/a> (Livestock Development Corporation) (SODEPA); National Veterinary Laboratory (LANAVET).<\/span><\/p>\n

SODEPA<\/strong> was established by decree No. 74\/182 of 08 March 1974, amended and supplemented by decree No. 81\/395 of 09 September 1981, then supplemented by the presidential decree of 12 February 2021 transforming it into a public limited company and operates as a public company governed by the laws and regulations in force in Cameroon on limited liability companies.<\/p>\n

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SODEPA-Cameroon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It has a share capital of 11,962,221,262 CFA francs (eleven billion nine hundred and sixty-two million two hundred and twenty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-one CFA francs) with headquarters in the city of Yaound\u00e9. It focuses on the promotion, operating and development of all livestock enterprises and production of agricultural seeds needed for the breeding and processing of animal products: slaughterhouses, cold stores, packaging workshops.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Attached bodies:\u00a0<\/strong>these are bodies with financial and administrative autonomy operating in close collaboration with MINEPIA.<\/p>\n

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Headquarters of MIDEPECAM, in Douala.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They include:<\/p>\n