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.

Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Eleja     Ilorin.Info     Zaratu Umar     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Plat Technologies     KWAFFA     March 28     Sarah Jubril     Ilofa     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Bamidele Adegoke     Bola Sagaya     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Binta Sulyman     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Arinola Lawal     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Oko Erin     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Balogun Ajikobi     Najim Yaasin     Osuwa     Opobiyi     Mumeen Lah     Amoyo     Kabir Shagaya     Issa Oloruntogun     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Oke-opin     Kamaldeen Ajibade     KWASSIP     Bello John Olanrewaju     Kulende     Umaru Saro     GANZY     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Saliu Mustapha     Ilesha-Gwanara     Sabo-Oke     Oju Ekun Sarumi     ASUU     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Isin     Bola Tinubu     Vasolar     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Maja     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Umar Saro     Aliyu Muhammed     Ajuloopin     TESCOM 2025     Ibrahim Gambari     Abegunde Goke     Bello Oyedepo     Ijagbo     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Modibbo Kawu     Funmilayo Zubair     David Adesina     Ahmed Bayero     Oya State     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ekweremadu     Sam Onile     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Yoonus Lawal     Abubakar Lah    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yeketi     Christopher Ayeni     Tunde Oyawoye     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Facebook     Maigidasanma     NaAllah     Umar Ayinla Saro     Onilorin     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Ishaq Salman     Bureau Of Lands     Ibrahim Labaika     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Mohammed Saidu     Gbemi Saraki     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Ifelodun     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Yusuf Lawal     Maryam Nurudeen     Moji Makanjuola     Kwarareports.com     Ilorin.Info     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Taofeek Ibraheem     Goodluck Jonathan     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Plat Technologies     Kwara State Governor     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Salihu Alhaji Musa     N-Power     Edu     Abubakar B.M     Tunde Saad     Shoprite     Adedipe     School Of Nursing     Hassan Saliu     Omotosho     Harafat E. Mukadam     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     CBT     GANZY     HYPPADEC     Olabode George Towoju     Gbajabiamila     Haliru Dantoro     Eleyele     FOMWAN     Razak Atunwa     Femi Gbajabiamila     Usman Yunusa     Ojo Isekuse     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Kwara Apc     Ramat Oganija     Aliyu Adebayo     Sola Saraki University     Idowu Aremu     Turaki Of Ilorin     IESA     Adebara     Funke Adedoyin     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Moronfoye     Marufat Oladosu     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Ghali Muhammed     LEAH Charity Foundation     Emir Of Kano     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Ilorin Like-Minds     Mohammed Haruna     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa