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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