Zoonotic Disease: Kwara State Receives 330,400 Doses of Anthrax Vaccines to Combat Disease Outbreak

Date: 2024-04-24

According to Report from Kwara State Government Facebook page, In a significant stride towards eradicating anthrax disease, the Kwara State Government has obtained 330,400 doses of anthrax vaccines from the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) via the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.

Expressing gratitude for the collaborative effort, Mrs. Oloruntoyosi Thomas, the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, lauded the Federal Government and L-PRES Project for their commitment to ensuring an anthrax-free state and Nigeria at large.

Mrs. Thomas pledged the state's dedication to effectively utilize the vaccines, emphasizing the importance of state-wide sensitization campaigns targeting livestock farmers and other stakeholders in the livestock value chain.

Similarly, Mrs. Funke Sokoya, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, commended the federal government's initiative in disease eradication and emphasized the need for enhanced cooperation among relevant bodies to prevent disease outbreaks.

Dr. Abdulateef Olugbon, the Director of Veterinary Services at the Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture, appealed to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, through L-PRES Project Office, for logistical support to overcome challenges hindering the administration of over 30,000 doses of anthrax vaccines.

Acknowledging the timely delivery of the vaccines, Mr. Olusoji Oyawoye, the State Project Coordinator (SPC), expressed optimism that the gesture would facilitate the successful implementation of the L-PRES animal health sub-component in the state.

Dr. Abubakar Sidiq, the team lead, disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the L-PRES National Coordination office, has initiated the production of 13 million doses of anthrax vaccines for distribution nationwide, with 330,400 doses allocated to Kwara State. He highlighted the coordination efforts between the L-PRES Project Office and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in providing necessary inputs and logistics for vaccine administration.

"National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) notified the National Office of L-PRES that the vaccines were ready to be delivered to the states, and we are here to officially handover these vaccines with the hope that they will be used judiciously and with the target of having a nation free of anthrax", Sidiq said.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Lanre Issa Onilu     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     NAWOJ     Leke Ogungbe     RTEAN     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Lithium Deposit     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Lateef Alagbonsi     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Ijagbo     UITH     Kwara 2023     S.O. Opowoye     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Abikan     Ibrahim Abikan     Ndama Al-hassan     Adeniyi Ojo     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     CACOVID     Yashikira     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Alapado     Olatomiwa Williams     Magaji Nda     Salake     Saka Isau     Kunle Suleiman     Yakub Ali-Agan     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Jide Oyinloye     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Bayer AG     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Abdulfatai Baakini     Lotus Bank     KWATMA     Bolaji Aladie     Mahee Abdulkadir     Kumbi Titilope     Oniwa     Ilesha-Baruba     Al-Adaby     Gwanara     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Orisa Bridge     Adamu Attah     IESA     Sunday Otokiti     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Garba Idris Ajia     Yaman     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Ibrahim Taiwo     Tunji Ajanaku     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Abiodun Oyedepo     Kishira     SDP     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Ariyo     Obayomi Azeez     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Elewu     Akume     Local Government     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Pakata Patriots    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Mumeen Lah     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Kannike     Oniye     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Read With Me     Quareeb     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Bilikisu Gambari     Kehinde Baale     Kumbi Titilope     Bolaji Abdullahi     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Matthew Babaoye     Bola Olukoju     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Lai Gobir     AGF Abdulrazaq     Amuda Bembe     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Abdulhakeem Amao     Sanitation Exercise     Iyaloja-General     Muazam Nayaya     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Kisra     Lukman Adeloyin     Bahago     Bolakale Ayo     Tanke     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Osinbajo     Obasanjo     Bello John Olanrewaju     Ibrahim Abiodun     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Oke-Ogun     Oloye     Odolaye Aremu     Olosi Of Osi     Alabi Lawal     Agbarere     Alaaya     Aso Ofi     Gbemisola Saraki     Kayode Laro     Yahaya Jibril Usman     GRA     Mohammed Ibrahim     Laolu Saraki     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Samuel Adaramola     Ibrahim Abdullahi     College Of Health     Communication Network Support Services     Mamatu Abdullahi     Doyin Group     Bello Bature     Sheriff Shagaya     Umar Adelodun     MalHub     Gabriel Fashanu     Paul Olawoore     Sambo Murtala     Ilorin East     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Tunji Olawuyi     Abubakar B.M     Facemasks     Ayoade Akinnibosun