Kebbi govt. votes N14m for livestock vaccines Official
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he said that the state had veterinary doctors in all the area councils including border towns to check incoming and outgoing livestock and guard against outbreak of animal diseases1 by ibrahim bello1 mr tanko magaji the permanent secretary for the state ministry of animal husbandry disclosed on thursday in birnin kebbi1 we have gotten an approval from gov. atiku bagudu for the procurement of animals vaccines worth n14 million to vaccinate our animals he said1 magaji said the vaccines to be procured included lung anti-biotic anti-biotic and anti-stress among others1 the kebbi government says it will procure vaccines worth n14 million to protect livestock against various animals diseases in the 21 local government areas of the state1 he added that the state has five zones where we administer vaccines to animals for easy and effective coverage1 the zones are argungu birnin kebbi yauri koko and zuru local government areas1 the permanent secretary also said the ministry had already overcome the problem of suspected anthrax from the benin republic1 the fact is that we have arewa bagudo and dandi local government areas where borders are close to benin republic so we took necessary measures to vaccinate animals1 we vaccinated 449 573 cattle and 421774 sheep in the previous exercise against the suspected anthrax in benin republic he noted. nan1