Lagos generates about N44.88b from Poultry!

The poultry industry generates about N44.9billion yearly, the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, has said.

       

Lawal, who addressed a press conference with the Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, said the industry produces 48 million crates of table eggs per annum, 14 million kilogrammes of broiler meat, two milliom cockerels, one million turkey birds and six million hatchable eggs.

He said the government is determined to ensure constant supply of poultry products, adding that this is essential for the industry to grow, prosper and become economically stable.

He said the state government has initiated a number of programmes and projects to support the industry. He listed some of the programmes to include the Agricuktural Youth Empowerment Scheme (Agric YES) in Araga, Epe where over 300 youths have been empowered, producing about 50 million eggs per annum from 150,000 commercial laying birds.