The local government officials sounded an alert after bird flu cases were detected at a state-run poultry farm in Ranchi.
Mr Ibrahim-Sanchi added that the ministry, in collaboration with sister ministries and agencies in Kebbi, was trying to sensitise the public to bird flu.
The governor warned the appointees that his administration would not tolerate any act of corruption and incompetence.
The figure is 19.2 times more than that of 2022.
The NDE has disbursed a N100,000 loan each to 42 unemployed youths in Ebonyi to embark on sustainable agricultural development.
