The Kano State Agro-pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has said it will spend about N160 million to vaccinate 1.8 million goats and sheep in its livestock vaccination campaign in different parts of the state.
This was announced in a statement through the spokesman for the KSADP, Ameen Yassar, on Wednesday, October 4.
The project, funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Lives and Livelihood Funds, will aim to enhance livestock health and improve the livelihoods of herders and livestock breeders in the state.
In the statement, it added that KSADP project coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammad stated this during the kick-off of community sensitization to the exercise in Kura, near Kano, the state capital.
“The project is determined to upscale the vaccination because livestock health is tied to your livelihoods and by extension our economy. The objective of this interaction is to enhance vaccination and to seek cooperation of all stakeholders so that the exercise succeeds,” Muhammad explained.
The district head of Kura, represented by Balarabe Muhammad, directed village heads and herders’ community leaders in his domain to fully mobilise for the forthcoming vaccination because of its importance.
Also, Zubairu Muhammad, while speaking on behalf of herders’ communities in Kura LGA, said they were familiar with livestock vaccination, having benefitted in the past three years, assuring there would be no resistance to the exercise.
“We have seen the impact of the vaccination conducted in the past, so we appreciate the Islamic Development Bank and the LLF for their untiring support,” he said.
In the same vein, the zonal veterinary director for the Rano zone, Idris Ibrahim, who underscored the vaccination’s importance, suggested that the livestock vaccination campaign should include rabies vaccination since the herders also possessed livestock guard dogs.
