Government Gives Poultry, Fish Farmers Maize At Discount Rates

The Kwara State Government, North Central, Nigeria has begun distribution of maize at 44.5% discounts of market value to different stakeholders in the poultry and fishery (feed mill) sectors.

The government sells a bag of 50kg maize at N8,000 instead of the N18,000 market price for the same quantity to bring relief to the  farmers.

“The maize which is being given to the poultry farmers through the Kwara State Palliative Committee” headed by former Commissioner of Police Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi is ‘aimed at reducing the challenges’ faced by the farmers in producing feeds for their livestock.

This is contained in a statement signed by two members of the committee, Dr Saudat Salah Abdulbaqi and Hajia Binta Abubakar Mora.

The palliative committee had earlier held a stakeholders’ meeting with All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Poultry Farmers Association, PAN, and other stakeholders interested in the ”maize based on the modalities spelt out by the Committee.”

The state government, like other states, had recently purchased the maize from the national strategic grain reserve through the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Shakirat Sadiq