ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT, VETERINARY COUNCIL OF NIGERIA, AIG. AISHATU ABUBAKAR BAJU DVM, PhD, FCVSN, NPOM ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD VETERINARY DAY 2021, ON THE 24th APRIL, 2021.
It is with profound gratitude and pleasure that I congratulate all Veterinarians and Veterinary para professionals in Nigeria and across the globe on this historic auspicious occasion of the WORLD VETERINARY DAY 2021. A day usually set aside to celebrate the achievements, advocacies, programs, policies and the general contributions of Veterinary profession towards the well being of humanity and safety of our Planet-Earth. 2. This year’s celebration is indeed unique and peculiar as the day has come again during the time of the dreaded global pandemic of Covid 19, which has brought the entire world to its knees. As a veterinarian, I feel quite fulfilled as a result of the immense contribution the profession has made towards ensuring that the devastating impact of the pandemic on humanity and the globe is curtailed to the barest minimum. This has reaffirmed again the critical position Veterinary medicine occupies in the one-world one-health ap...