Kwara State has vaccinated 132,792 animals in a bid to curtail zoonotic diseases across the state in the just concluded state-wide mass vaccination of susceptible animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats.
This was stated in a press statement signed by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Lives Stock Development, Ahmed Ajiboye, on Saturday, May 10, 2025, and posted on the official X handle of the state government.
According to the statement, the state Commissioner for Livestock Development, Oloruntoyosi Thomas, revealed this while presenting Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s scorecard at a quarterly inter-ministerial press briefing, held at the state’s Ministry of Finance.
She added that within the quarter under review, the newly created ministry inaugurated a live bird market to create growth opportunities for fowl sellers and poultry farmers.
The commissioner explained further that the market is to serve as a surveillance point to prevent the transmission of zoonotic diseases.
Thomas added that the ministry is fully committed to building a vibrant, modern, and inclusive livestock sector.
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She emphasized the fact that “the ministry’s projects were carefully designed to create jobs, boost food security, and promote peace.”
She therefore highlighted the ministry’s achievements through intervention programmes like the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) and Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Programme,
stressing the government’s commitments to the ministry’s major mandate of unlocking hidden potentials in the livestock sector.
The commissioner further disclosed to newsmen that plans are underway to embark on rabies vaccination in the state, explaining that the present administration would do everything possible to control and eliminate rabies incidents resulting from dog and cat bites.
