Yobe govt partners L-Pres, unveils free door-to-door anthrax vaccination campaign
The Yobe State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the L-Pres World Bank project, has unveiled a free door-to-door anthrax vaccination campaign for livestock across all 17 local government areas within the state.
This decision was reached during a stakeholder engagement meeting held at the Fadama conference hall in Damaturu.
Dr. Musa Abba Kollere, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, emphasised that this vaccination campaign aims to strengthen the existing measures implemented by the Executive Governor of Yobe State, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, CON, who recently donated over one million anthrax vaccines to the ministry for ongoing vaccination efforts initiated six months ago.
He noted that the governor’s proactive measures were in response to reported outbreaks of the disease in several African countries, including Burkina Faso and Ghana.
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Dr. Ibrahim Goni, the Director of Veterinary Services and representative of the Permanent Secretary, assured participants of the ministry’s commitment to executing the free anthrax vaccination across all local government areas. He added that with the logistical support from L-Pres Yobe State, all personnel are poised to create anthrax-free zones.
Dr. Goni disclosed that Yobe state have the largest numbers of veterinary doctors with about one hundred and sixty five, while over one hundred are undergoing studies sponsored by the Yobe state government.
The meeting which was carried out under the one health Family approached was attended by the Director Public Health from ministry of Health Dr Hauwa Larai Goni, G.M YOSEPA Alhaji Babagana Modu from the Ministry of Environment.
The Director Public Health, Dr. Hauwa Larai Goni while speaking highlighted the prevention measures of contacting diseases from animals to human, saying all animals diseases are communicable either through air bone, water, eating meats or associating with the animals as a whole.
While speaking, the G.M YOSEPA Alhaji Babagana Modu dwelled on environmental friendly ways of handling animals killed by Anthrax or contacted the diseases to avoid contractions and other method of proper hygiene
Earlier in her remarks, the state project coordinator SPC, Adama hussaini Madaki expressed appreciation to the present administration of Executive Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni CON for approvals as well as provision of logistics and adequate counterpart funding for the project.
Adama Hussaini madaki assured Yobeans of all support to livestock farmers to ensure productivity across the state and the country.
All representatives of herder associations of the seventeen local government areas were present at the engagement meeting where some cluster formation schemes were created for easy identification, access to donors intervention among others for boasting their productivity and value chain of livestock development in the state.
Aishatu Tijjani
chief information office
MANR
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