Nigeria suffers 65 per cent of zoonotic diseases : Expert Disease.

By Martins Abochol

Jalingo, Oct 27, 2025. (NAN).

Dr Moses Arokoya, President, Nigerian Vetinarry Medical Association (NVMA) has said that 65 per cent of human diseases in Nigeria were livestock related.

Arokoya made the declaration on Monday at the 61 Annual National Congress/ Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NVMA held in Jalingo.

He noted that zoonotic diseases were on increase in Nigeria, adding that 2.7 million lives were globally lost annually due to zoonotic diseases.

He said that the choice of Taraba for the conference was strategic, nothing that a Disease Free Zone (DFZ) was to be established in the Mambilla Plateau.

The president added that the eradication of diseases from Mambilla Plateau would cause the production of large metric tones of fresh meat.

Arokoya said that more DFZ were needed on the country to make livestock production an economic stimulus.

The president further decried the state of abbatoirs in Nigeria, adding that poor abbatoirs have enhanced microbial resistance as most Nigerians consume drugs used in the treatment of livestock before they were being slaughtered.

He said that modern abbatoirs were needed in the 774 local government areas to address the menace.

He commented President Bola Tinubu for the reforms on the livestock sector, adding that the vetinerians needed an empowerment from the federal government.

Arokoya also requested the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to include them on their disaster intervention Policy.

He stressed the need to include vetinerians in the preparedness and response strategies for emergencies.

It will be recalled that the local organizing committee earlier announced the commencement of the conference which was to start on Oct. 25, 2025. ,(NAN)

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