Avian influenza, popularly known as bird flu, has killed 300 birds on a farm in Plateau.
A Louisiana patient has become the first reported fatality from bird flu in the United States.
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 minister, however, said that the ministry is committed to the control and possible eradication of avian influenza in Nigeria.
Bird and African swine flu outbreaks have been reported in India’s southern state of Kerala, officials say.
The first case was reported in Britain in December 2021.
Hong Kong’s food safety authority on Monday suspended the importation of poultry products from bird flu-affected areas in the U.S.
Another case was recorded in Sutawa in Lere LGA with 14,000 stocks of birds with a death rate of 4,000.
“There is likely going to be scarcity of poultry products during the Yuletide season and that is the position for now.”
Nine poultry farms were affected by the outbreak in two local government areas of the state.
