Post by: Adeleke Oreoluwa-oreoluwa.a@farmkonnectng,com
Members of the Poultry Association of Nigeria have lauded the Federal Government over its National Egg Production (NEGPRO) initiative, saying it would help boost egg production in the country.
Ondo State Chairperson of the association, Augustina Ebiwonjumi, said apart from increasing egg production, the scheme will also empower more farmers and create more jobs in the poultry business.
Ebiwonjumi, who spoke during a town hall meeting for poultry farmers in Akure, the state capital, affirmed that an increase in egg production will contribute positively towards the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state and the nation’s Gross Domestic Product.
In his own remarks during the meeting, Senior Special Assistant to the State Governor on Agriculture, Akin Olotu, described the National Egg Production scheme as one of the programmes designed by the Federal Government to develop agriculture across the country.
“The purpose of setting up the scheme is to make sure that the products are affordable to the general public. I want to assure you that the state government has indicated its readiness to key into the programme to rank the state as one of the best in the area of egg production in the country,” he said.
National Coordinator of NEGPRO, Tunde Badmus, enjoined more farmers in the state to key into the programme. He disclosed that arrangements had been concluded to give out loans worth N4.3 million to interested poultry farmers and that the scheme seeks to create more than one million jobs across the country.
Source: Agro Nigeria
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