Nigeria: FAO Donates Disease Containment Materials On Bird Flu to FG

Abuja — The Food and Agriculture Organization[FAO] of the United Nations has supported Federal Government's on-going response to control and curtail the spread of Bird Flu by donating some disease surveillance and containment materials to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Receiving the materials on behalf of the ministry at the NAIC Building in Abuja, the Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, thanked FAO and the other development partners for their good gesture and assured them that the items would be put into use judiciously to combat the spread of the virus.

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