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Veterinary: FCTA promises to strengthen animal disease surveillance, reporting system

By Joyce Remi- Babayeju

In a bid to mitigate outbreaks and spread of animal diseases the FCT, the Mandate Secretary of the Agriculture & Rural Development Secretariat Mallam Abubakar Ibrahim has said that the Secretariat is poised to strengthen its disease surveillance, detection reporting and control system.

Ibrahim made this known during a working visit to the FCT Veterinary Clinic at Nyanya.
He expressed satisfaction on the state of facilities at the Clinic with particular reference to the diagnostic laboratory which was commissioned by the Honourable Minister of State, FCT Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu in 2021.

He commended the Veterinary officials for efficiently managing the facilities at the laboratory which he noted was fully equipped to meet the needs of animal owners
and livestock farmers in the FCT.

Ibrahim urged animal owners and livestock farmers in the FCT to desist from patronizing quack clinics.
He said, “As you can see, the facilities here are state of the Art and comparable to the best anywhere in the world. I therefore would like to call on residents to patronize the clinics in order to access quality animal Healthcare.”

On the issue of disease prevention and control, the Secretary disclosed that the Secretariat has through the Department of Veterinary Services strengthened its surveillance system to enhance its capacity to detect and combat any outbreak and spread of animal diseases.

“We intend to build the capacities of our Veterinary Health officials and Doctors to expose them to the modern trends in disease surveillance and reporting”, he said.

The Secretary also visited the FCT Fish market at Kado where he directed the Department of Fisheries to ensure that the issues that have prevented the full utilization of the Laboratory be addressed to enable it carry out its responsibilities of conducting daily laboratory tests to ensure the safety of fish sold to the public.

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