"We will work with the state and federal government agencies to carry
diffuse this important development to our teeming farmers in the country
and beyond,’’ Aliyu added. 
http://payperpost.com/r/1uOothe National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), Zaria, on Thursday said it had developed a vaccine for the tomato pest: "Tuta Absoluta.’’
The institute’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Bala Aliyu,
told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria, Kaduna State that an
end had come to the disease, which had been ravaging tomato farms.
According
to him, the Director-General of the institute, Prof. Idris Bugaje, has
worked extensively to provide a solution to the menace destroying the
tomato farm in the country.
"This vaccine has been found to be very effective after undergoing various scientific testing,’’ he said.
The
public relations officer said NARICT was partnering with regulatory
agencies to certify the vaccine for onward use by farmers in Nigeria and
the world at large.
He said all things being
equal the vaccine would be launched soon for the good of the nation.
Aliyu said it was the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure
this vaccine reached the end-users, farmers. He stressed that the
agency had worked hard to find a solution to the dangerous disease.
"We
will work with the state and federal government agencies to carry
diffuse this important development to our teeming farmers in the country
and beyond,’’ Aliyu added.
News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Tuta absoluta is a species of moth in
family Gelechiidae known by the common names tomato leafminer and South
American tomato moth.
It is well known as a
serious pest of tomato crops in Europe and South America. The Federal
Government on Tuesday confirmed that the six states were hit by pest
called ‘Tomato Leaf Miner’ or Tuta absoluta, commonly referred to as
‘Tomato Ebola.’
The tomato pest is the disease
responsible for the massive destruction of tomato in farmlands across
the country, which has made the price of tomatoes sky-rocketed in the
past few weeks The Federal Government had engaged experts to find
solution to the spread of the pest.
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