Poultry farmers, Lagos govt tackle egg glut problem

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Poultry farmers, Lagos govt tackle egg glut problem

The Lagos State Government has intervened in the egg glut problem confronting poultry farmers by providing support that will further enhance the development of the poultry value chain in the state.

According to a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Agriculture facilitated the offtake of a minimum of 300,000 eggs from the Erikorodo Poultry Estate in the Ikorodu area of the state by a private firm – Farm Alert Ltd, after weeks of visits and negotiations by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, and other senior ministry officials towards ensuring that all parties were in agreement to modalities of the offtake.

The statement, signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Nike Sodipo, revealed that the operations commenced on Monday.

The statement read in part, “The poultry farmers operating within Erikorodo and Aiyedoto poultry estates form a large percentage of registered farmers under the Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, and the move enhances the food security agenda of the state government.

“The estates’ poultry farmers mentioned that the recent egg glut issue was aggravated by the cash crunch, closure of schools, amongst other factors.

“In her response, the commissioner stated that ‘on our part as government, the administration of Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu will continue to put measures in place to create a conducive environment for farmers to operate in line with efforts to ensure sufficiency in food production in the state’.”