Sunny Echono, permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, FMARD, has disclosed that there is an escalation of avian influenza, commonly referred to as bird-flu, H5N1 virus in Kano, Plateau and Bauchi states. He disclosed this in Abuja while announcing the deployment of equipment’s to 118 Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprises, AEHE,…
US, Nigeria Partner To Fight Bird Flu
As part of moves to prevent further spread of bird flu in Nigeria, the United States, US has through its Agency for International Development, USAID, sponsored the training of relevant stakeholders on how best to control the disease in the country. Apart from a similar workshop held in Kano State recently, about 160 people from…
Nigeria Will Soon Eradicate Bird flu – FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that it is in full control of the outbreak of bird flu virus saying it is using multiple approaches to combat the virus. Ademola Raji, Director, Animal Production and Husbandry Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. He said…
Bird Flu Now In Seven States- Agriculture Minister
Akinwunmi Adesina, the Minister of Agriculture, has said that the H5N1 bird flu has now spread to 21 commercial farms in seven different states in Nigeria. The Minster said more than 140,000 birds have been exposed to the deadly virus, which was first noticed in Lagos and Kano before spreading into Ogun, Delta, Rivers, Edo…
Bird Flu Hits 7 States
Following the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza,commonly referred to as bird flu in some parts of the country, Akinwunmi Adesina, minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,has stressed that the outbreak has not in any way made Nigeria, a bird flu epidemic country,as the disease has only hit seven states in the country, namely, Kano, Lagos,…
Bird flu: Lagos On High Alert After Outbreak
The Lagos State Government has alerted members of the public on the resurgence of bird flu in the state. Gbolahan Lawal, Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives, said the disease was imported into the state from the Northern part of the country and was traced to a farm at Badore, in Eti-Osa Local Government and Zoological…
