KOSUBOSU (Kwara) – A veterinary doctor, Dr Aliyu Kabir, has attributed the dearth of manpower in veterinary practice in the country to quackery.
Kabir, the Head of the Department of Livestock, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin Field Office, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kosubosu, Kwara.
He said the issue of quackery had been a source of concern to the Veterinary Council of Nigeria.
Kabir claimed that some people were taking undue advantage of the shortage of manpower in veterinary practice to flout the regulations guiding the profession.
“These quacks are doing that in the suburbs where they cannot be easily apprehended.
“ But we have a taskforce monitoring those people that sell fake drugs and vaccines to unsuspecting people.
“It is disturbing that these people are practising without licenses and adequate training and this is a serious problem. [eap_ad_1] “For those para-vets who might have worked under veterinary doctors, some of them can be quite good, but there are some who are not patient enough to get enough training.
“They just wake up one day and believe that they know how to jab; they just go and inject animals and end up under-dosing the animal, leading to counter-infection and more damage,’’ he said.
He also lauded the Agriculture Transformation Agenda of the Federal Government, describing it as a watershed in the annals of the country.
Kabir, however, appealed to government at all levels to develop areas earmarked as grazing reserves to check the incessant clashes between farmers and nomads. (NAN)
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