Kebbi Receives 273,000 Doses Of Animal Vaccines

The Kebbi State government, through the Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, has received 273,000 doses of animal vaccines from the Federal Government to curb the spread of Trans-border Animal Diseases (TADs).

The consignments were presented by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development under the auspices of the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRESS).

Receiving the vaccines on behalf of the state government, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, Ramatu Usman Dabai, expressed gratitude to the Federal Government for including Kebbi State among the primary beneficiaries of the intervention.

She noted that the support is a significant milestone in the state’s ongoing efforts to safeguard animals’ health and ensure food security.

According to her, the consignments include 150,000 doses of the Newcastle Disease Vaccines (NCDV) for poultry, 120,000 doses of the Contagious Bovine Pleurophenumonious (CBPP) vaccines for cattle, and 3,000 doses specifically for foot and mouth disease (FMDV).

Dabai further described the intervention as timely, adding that it aligned with the vision of Governor Nasir Idris’s policies in modernising the livestock sector.

The vaccines were presented by the state’s coordinator of the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, Yushau Umar Gwamba on behalf of the minister where he urged Kebbi State government to ensure that the consignments effectively reached the intended livestock population across the 21 local government areas of the state.