POULTRY INDUSTRY A TRILLION NAIRA INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA FACES IMMINENT COLLAPSE AS PRICES OF MAIZE, SOYA BEANS, SOYA BEANS MEAL AND FINISHED FEED RISES UNABATEDLY
The Poultry Industry is the most capitalised in the Agric Sector with its worth estimated to be about a Trillion naira and employing over a million Nigerians directly and indirectly through its wide value chain from the field to fork. The Federal Government also in recent times in trying to solve the unemployment problems have committed a lot of resources in engaging the Nigerian Youths in Broiler Production using the Anchor Borrowers Programme.
Poultry Association of Nigeria Ogun State holding a reasonable percentage of the total national poultry population wish to alert the Federal Government, The Nigerian Governors Forum, The South West Governors Forum, The Governor of Ogun State, the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian Customs and all relevant agencies that this industry faces an imminent collapse if urgent interventions are not instituted.
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