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Poultry farmers in Brong Ahafo
compensated
Sunyani, July 20, Ghanadot/GNA - More than 88 million cedis
was on Friday paid as compensation to three poultry farmers
whose birds and farm implements were destroyed as a result
of the outbreak of the bird flu on their farms at Asuokwa,
near Sunyani.
Mr. Abraham Bawuah, received the highest amount of more than
60 million cedis for 1,500 birds destroyed, Mr. Charles Kumi
had 22 million cedis for 500 birds and Mr. Gladstone Damalie,
got a little over six million cedis for the destruction of
157 birds, including 65 layers, feed concentrate and other
farm implements.
Mr. Damalie, on whose farm the disease was first detected,
expressed disappointment about his amount, saying he was not
compensated for 170 layers that he had earlier destroyed.
He said the officers said compensation would only be paid
for birds they had destroyed but added that when he first
detected symptoms of the disease on the farm, he reported to
the veterinary officers who sent samples to Accra for
confirmation.
Mr. Damalie said the report from Accra took a week and by
the time the confirmation came, 170 birds had died.
"I should have been compensated for these birds because the
order for their destruction came from them", he said, adding
if he had not reported, the situation would have aggravated
and its combat would have been difficult.
Mr. Charles Ghanney, Acting Sunyani Municipal Veterinary
Officer, said the compensation was 'a fair deal' for which
the farmers should be satisfied with since the government
paid for birds that veterinary officers had destroyed.
He said the panic about the disease had diminished as the
situation had been brought under control.
Mr. Ghanney advised farmers and residents to continue
monitoring events and to quickly report anything unusual on
their farms or homes to the veterinary office.
He said the ban on movement of poultry and poultry products
within the municipality was still in force and that the
office had tightened security at the borders to stop the
importation of poultry products.
A total of 1,965 birds were destroyed on the three farms
during the outbreak of the flu, whilst more than 500 local
poultry suffered the same fate last May.
GNA
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