Kwara State Supports Poultry, Fish Farmers

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq says it is supporting fish and poultry farmers in Kwara state, North-Central, Nigeria, with incentives to boost the sector.

The government said it has begun distribution of maize at 44.5 per cent discounted price of market value to different stakeholders in the poultry and fishery (feed mill) sectors.

The duo of Dr Saudat Abdulbaqi and Binta Abubakar-Mora of the State Palliative Committee disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Ilorin.

The statement noted that the government sold 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.

It said the maize, which is being given to the poultry farmers through the state palliative committee headed by former Commissioner of Police, Ebunoluwa Adelesi, “is aimed at reducing the challenges faced by the farmers in producing feeds for their livestock.”

The committee had earlier held a stakeholders meeting with the 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 statement revealed that the state government, like other states, had recently purchased the maize from the national strategic grain reserve through the Central Bank of Nigeria.

NAN/Shakirat Sadiq