'N32m for livestock' Bauchi state government to vaccinate 800,000 cows

The Bauchi State Government has released the sum of N32m for the vaccination of over 800,000 herds of cattle in the state.

The state governor, Bala Mohammed, disclosed this at the inauguration of 2020/2021 annual livestock vaccination campaign at the Galambi Cattle Ranch, Bauchi on Wednesday, February 24.

“We have released over N32m for this exercise which will cover vaccines, equipment and allowances for our staff to do this exercise.

The Ministry for Local Government has been directed to pay the allowances of all the participating staff in the 20 local government areas, as well as to purchase more materials to vaccinate more than 800,000 herds of cattle.”he said