Poultry farmers for Nigeria don warn say the price of egg fit increase from the current N5,500 to N10,000 per crate if urgent steps no be taken to support them. The Secretary of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) FCT Chapter, Musa Hakeem, talk dis during a press briefing to commemorate World Egg Day on Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Abuja.
Hakeem attribute the rising cost of egg to high transportation cost as a result of fuel subsidy removal and the indiscriminate increase in prices of feed by the millers. He call on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on egg production in the country, saying Nigerians no fit depend on importation of eggs.
“If we should go by the proportional increase in the prices of these factors mentioned earlier, we will be buying eggs at N10,000 per crate, but because we wanted to be compassionate, coupled with the importance of eggs for health, we left the price at the current price of N5,500,” Hakeem explain.
An agro dealer, Jude Arikogu, also lament the indiscriminate increase in prices of feed by millers and the low measurement of the feeds. “A 25kg bag of feed is hardly up to 23kg when put on our scale,” Arikogu say.
Hakeem express disappointment over the lack of significant governmental support, noting that the last time poultry farmers received grain assistance was three years ago. He urge for stronger cooperation between the government and poultry farmers, emphasizing that the association possess comprehensive data on poultry farmers that could be utilized for more targeted interventions.
