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Threat
Yola, Sept. 27, 2016 (NAN) Gov. Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa has declared that 12 out of the 21 local government areas of the state are facing threat of quela birds.
Bindow made this known on Tuesday when he launched the commencement of the Emergency Migratory Pest Control Programme in the state.
The governor, who lauded President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for the timely intervention, pledged the state government’s support for the success of the exercise.
In his speech, the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Waziri Ahmadu, said that the measure was coming after an emergency meeting of commissioners of agriculture with Federal Government as a result of the threat of an invasion of quela birds and other pests from neighboring Niger Republic.
He said “the emergency control programme was planned for the whole country and had commenced in some states.
“By the governor’s permission and in line with the comprehensive programme, I announce that aerial spray activities has commences in
Adamawa today.”
According to him, the schedule of the programme shows that identified quela roosting sites and other sites of pest infection shall all be attacked by aerial spray over the next one week.
Speaking on behalf of farmers, Malam Abdullahi Maikano, lauded government for the measure, which he said would help in saving their expected bumper harvest. (NAN)
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(Edited by Yakubu Uba/Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu)