Federal Government, on Friday, confirmed the outbreak of avian influenza, popularly known as bird flu, in 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
On Friday, figures released by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture indicated that more than one million birds had been affected and depopulated while more than 110, 000 crates of eggs had been destroyed.
The ministry also disclosed that more than N484billion would be needed to pay compensation to affected poultry farmers.
“To this end, government has activated rapid response measures in the states of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa and Yobe,” the Ministry said.
It further said that the Federal Government is looking at the possibility of vaccinating poultry birds against the avian influenza virus.