Stakeholders Urge Buhari to Sustain Ban on Frozen Chicken

 Frozen Chicken

In order to ensure the growth of the Nigerian poultry business, the President, Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN), Mr Taiwo Adeoye has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to sustain the current ban on frozen poultry products.

Adeoye gave the advice during the 7th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and induction ceremony of the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Oyo State Capital.

He said the ban will allow Nigeria to increase its animal protein production to meet the daily protein intake as recommended by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).

“One of the ways to achieve hunger free Nigeria is the provision of a deliberate conducive atmosphere to encourage animal scientists to increase animal protein production to meet the daily protein intake as recommended by FAO,” he said.

The ASAN President urged President Buhari to diversify the economy to animal production among other options to increase the nation’s wealth base, adding that Nigeria, a nation with large dependency on crude oil export as a means of financial generation must seek alternative methods.

“To address this problem, we need to build a large, strong, diversified, sustainable and competitive economy that guarantees high standard of living and quality of life for the people through efficient production that is guaranteed through professionalism,” he said.

In the same vein, the President, Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, Professor Israel Adu, said the institute, in collaboration with the Federal Department of Animal Production and Husbandry Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has produced the issue of Minimum Operating Standards (MOS) for curbing the spread of bird flu in Nigeria. This is to ensure the safety of life of the people and also to forestall possible outbreak of the disease in the future.