In a bid to curtail the spread of reported cases of rabies in the Federal Capital Territory, the FCT Administration has commenced the vaccination of 15,000 to 20,000 dogs within two weeks
Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS) of the FCTA stated this while conducting a field evaluation of its ongoing two-week mass rabies vaccination exercise across the 62 wards of the six area councils in the FCT.
The assessment follows the rollout of the initiative aimed at containing a recent rabies outbreak recorded in Gwagwalada and Kuje Area Councils, following directives from the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to curtail the spread of the disease.
Monitoring the exercise on Wednesday in Kuje and Gwagwalada Area Councils, the Mandate Secretary Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Comrade Abdullahi Ango, evaluated the field operations and expressed confidence that the Secretariat would reach its target within the two-week
Ango emphasized that direct field supervision is necessary to evaluate the efficacy of the deployment and ensure data integrity.
