Egg Glut: plateau gov’t buys 5,000 crates to help farmers

Plateau state government has bought 5,000 crates of eggs from the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) Plateau branch, to alleviate farmers plight due to the glut of eggs.

Simon Lalong, Plateau State Governor made the development known in Jos at the distribution of the moped up eggs, adding that the mop-up was the first intervention of the state government in addressing the issue of egg-glut in the state.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Danladi Autu said that, “The state government would sustain the intervention by making them suppliers of eggs for the school feeding programme as means of sustaining the programme.”

He said, that poultry farmers had contributed to the internal revenue of the state and also created employment for the youth so the government would do anything to secure poultry business in the state.

According to the Plateau Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Hosea Finangwai, said that, “Schools, hospitals, correctional centres and orphanages in the state would be the first beneficiaries from the mop-up.”

PAN Chairman Johnson Bagudu commended the government for the gesture to alleviate farmer’s plights in the state, adding that it would also help bring back many farmers who had left the business.

He appealed to the incoming government to help to sustain the gesture. One of the beneficiaries, Chairperson Association of Orphanages and Home operators in Nigeria, Plateau chapter, Kyenpiya Nyabam, commended the government for the gesture, saying that 2,000 orphaned children in the state would benefit from the gestures.

Furthermore, it was recorded that PAN distributed rakes to schools to emphasise the importance of a clean school environment in addition to the eggs distributed.

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