Poultry farmers in the country under the aegis of the Poultry
Association of Nigeria (PAN) on Tuesday, said its member were capable of
creating five million jobs and unlock a trillion naira industry if they
are provided with enabling environment and support by the government.
The body at the annual Nigeria poultry show in Abeokuta, the Ogun
State capital, assured that the body was ready to key into the
diversification of the economy which is a key component of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s change agenda.
The national president of the association, Dr. Ayoola Oduntan made this known in his remarks at the 3 day event.
He said against the backdrop of federal government’s ban on
importation of poultry products, the Nigerian farmers have the capacity
to feed the nation, insisting that government should encourage them to
achieve the feat.
Oduntan, explained that the theme for this year’s poultry show,
“Poultry Value Chain – Unlocking One Trillion Naira Industry and Five
Million Jobs”, had become imperative in order to show the determination
and commitment of the body to the seriousness of agriculture as a
potential sector, which could solve the nation’s economic problems.
He said “the industry’s potential is enormous in increasing the
economy of the country if necessary measures are put in place. The value
chain is unique, but in this country, everything is manual. The theme
for this year is very important, which the present administration can
achieve with us, with the right environment.”
He stressed that with the appointment of a new federal minister of
agriculture, “the situation will improve for us and the country for
good,” just as he commended the local and foreign investors who have
shown interest in participating at the fair.
Ogun state chairman of Associatio, Dr. Lekan Odunsi, in his speech,
said the fair was to showcase to the world that the industry has
potentials “and that these potentials can attract foreign investors,
which will lead to creation of jobs for our youths.”
He added that event was also an avenue “to see new technology, form
new relationship and also to know that the capacity is there for optimal
production in the poultry industry.”
The Chairman of the occasion, Mr. Emmanuel Ejiwere, urged all farmers
in the country to collaborate with one another to expand their farm
products, lamenting that there were so many small farms in the country
which are not profitable.
“All poultry farmers in the country need to come together, there are
so many small farms in the country. And these farms are not profitable.
Find your neighbour and corporate with him. We are not in any
competition, rather be co-operators. We need cooperation and
specialization in our agric industry. We need to revolutionalise the way
we think. The theme of this show can come to reality, if we think
together and support one another in the industry”.
“We must join hands to fight for our farms, fight all the eateries
which delay payments, the future millionaires in this country must come
from the farmers, there is business in this industry”. He said.
A member, House of Representatives, representing Ilorin East and
South, Dr. Amuda Kannike, while delivering his address, said that the
federal government should make sure it revolutionalise the agriculture
industry like it promised, stressing that truly the industry can reduce
the unemployment rate in the country and also tackle insurgency.
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