The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) Wednesday revealed that 1.2 million metric tons (MT) of frozen chicken valued at N660 billion was imported into the country in 2014.

This, according to the association, was four times higher than what was produced locally, and exceeding the current industry capacity.

The National President of PAN, Dr. Ayo Oduntan gave the revelation at a workshop in Abuja, on,"The Health and Economic Implications of Smuggled Poultry Products on Nigeria Economy," stressing that Nigeria presently consumes 1.5 million MT of frozen chicken annually.

According to him, the risks inherent in consumption of products that are not thoroughly scrutinised are enormous, noting that the efforts of local producers however, continue to face the daunting obstacles posed by the activities of smugglers of poultry meat into the Nigerian market.

Oduntan explained that while locally farmed poultry meat is sold without preservation, the smuggled ones are preserved with hazardous chemicals, adding that formalin load in all smuggled poultry products ranges from 42.9 to 63.3ml/kg.
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http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigeria-spent-n660bn-on-imported-chicken-in-2014/212991/ Cc: lalasticlala, Ishilove

I Hope We get it right.... Nigeria should start a "Beyond Oil" initiative as soon as possible...

FTC officially dedicated to my students at Central Epie Secondary School, Opolo, Yenagoa....

660bn for chicken? i smell lies.

Finally, nah God dey save man

?!

who n who chop am

And Palm Oil. The zoo is hopeless. Their case is beyond this doctor

NA WHO DEY SPEND THE MONEY

GOVERNMENT ABI?

Good move and great news for our farmers. Me too

Source: Lie moh'd

And Palm Oil. The zoo is hopeless. Their case is beyond this doctor

i dont eat meat

imported chicken? frozen or live? I wonder if ppl still consumes imported frozen chicken coz it injurous to health. its preserved with substances that has formalin.

Our leaders need to be shot.

How we go use grow when even chicken we dey import.

wrong country

Expired Chicken for that matter!

how come er'tin about naija are billions. .

Billion this

billions that.





Even the electricity that we dont see or use amounts to billions

Neh kwa

i blame runs gals and their taste for fast food and long throats.



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To God who made me I no follow,na only locally breed chicken I de chop.That one wey im bone strong.

Stolen:
We spent even more on imported furnitures and textiles, did that stop Buhari from removing ban?


The truth is competition is good for this country and makes lower prices.

Did he remove ban on furniture?

Na God just dey save us cause no one knows the kind of preservation use for this frozen feeds. Nigeria has a long way to go.

Were the Nigerian Customs asleep or looked the other way because of chicken change?

See money

erico2k2:

Did he remove ban on furniture?

Yes, furniture and textiles

It seems our country is for everybody and for nobody. Indian man sells chicken in Nigeria, takes the proceeds to London to buy a hotel (courtesy black market). There he retires, and the guests in his hotel in London will be travelling Nigerians, who have come to give him more and more dollars and pounds!