The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina,
has assured that the Federal Government would contain the outbreak of
bird flu in the country successfully.
The minister said he had directed a nationwide comprehensive
surveillance, quarantine, depopulation and decontamination of all
affected poultry farms and areas.
According to him, 140,390 birds had been associated with bird flu
exposure, adding that 22,573 mortality had been recorded since the
outbreak on Jan. 8.
He gave the affected states as Rivers, Delta, Edo, Plateau, Ogun,
Lagos and Kano, which he said had the highest level of casualty with
15,963 deaths recorded.
He said development partners such as the World Organisation for Animal
Health (OIE), Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), and
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had been duly informed about the
outbreak.
``I wish to assure all Nigerians that Nigeria will successfully control the bird flu outbreak.
``We have successfully controlled it in the past and have activated all
necessary protocols and measures to ensure successful control this
time,’’ he said.
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