Dormaa: MCE calls for Completion of veterinary laboratory

                         
The Municipal Chief Executive of Dormaa Central Hon. Address Qattarais called for the completion of an abandoned poultry Veterinary laboratory that was started by Ex-President Kuffour.
 He expressed worry as the project has been abandoned for the past 18 years. 
According to him, Dormaa being a hub of poultry, the project was supposed to assist the veterinary services in diagnosing infectious diseases.
 He explained if the project is completed, it will provide essential diagnostic testing and also help in monitoring the animals.  
He made this known when the Bono Regional Minister Justina Owusu Banahene was inspecting some projects in Dormaa. 
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in 2006 commenced the construction of a two-billion-cedi modern veterinary laboratory at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the then Brong Ahafo to cater for the fast-growing poultry industry in the Dormaa District.
Dormaa District is a leading producer of poultry products in the country.
Dr. Agyemang Atuahene Kontor, Dormaa District Director of MOFA, who announced this at the inauguration of a small and medium scale poultry farmers association, said the laboratory would assist the industry to meet the protein requirements of consumers.

The 25-member association, the second in the district, has "Together As One" as its motto.

Dr. Kontor commended the poultry farmers for coming together to find solutions to the numerous hazards plaguing the industry.

He proposed the merger of the two associations for more administrative and operational efficiency.

The then Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of MOFA, Mr. R. K. Lartey, commended the poultry farmers for daring the bird flu scare and sustaining the industry.

He pledged the Ministry's unflinching support for any group of people, whose activities promoted agriculture in the region.