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Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has called for stricter enforcement of the ban on poultry imports into the country to boost the nation’s economy.   Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara Ahmed made the call last week in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, while declaring open a one-day seminar organised by Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) on “Impact of smuggled Poultry products on the economy and health of Nigerians”. The governor said “There is urgent need to stem the importation of frozen poultry to protect as well promoting Nigeria’s poultry sector, environmental and health implications of imported meat are no less grave. “Imported frozen turkey and chicken are unwholesome meat, which have long term, devastating effects on the health of consumers.” The governor added that imported frozen meat accounted for over $2.5 billion in foreign exchange and a loss of more than one million jobs opportunities annually. Ahmed also said Nigeria’s poultry sector is cur...

More than 150 poultry farmers in Kogi State are to benefit from the National Egg Production (NEGPRO) scheme of the Federal Government. The scheme has set aside N4.2 million as loans to each of the beneficiaries for the massive production of eggs. Chief Tunde Badmus, Scheme Manager, and national anchor of the programme who disclosed this recently at a Town Hall Interactive Meeting with poultry farmers in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, said the NEGPRO scheme would soon commence operations in six pilot states, adding that 150 farmers have so far been registered for the scheme in Kogi State, one of the pilot locations for the scheme. Badmus said the main purpose of the scheme is to create employment for unemployed young Nigerians who are entrepreneurial and willing to work hard while also creating employment opportunities for their peers. He said, “Intending beneficiary must have a farm that can take about 2,000 pullets, motorable and accessible, have little knowledge abou...