Coronavirus: Nigeria’s poultry farmers cry out as lockdown hits sector hard

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Poultry farmers say the lockdown and the decline in the purchasing power of Nigerians eroded sales of poultry products such as eggs and broilers.

Nigerian poultry farmers have complained of recording huge losses due to the restriction of movement by the federal and state governments to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.within the week, said the lockdown and the decline in the purchasing power of most Nigerians have eroded the sale of poultry products such as eggs and broilers.

On April 12, the president addressed the nation again on the same issue and announced the extension of the lockdown by two weeks. He said he used to sell over 500 crates of eggs daily before the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. “Now, the business has turned upside down,” Mr Oladejo said. Timothy Okunade, the president of the Kaduna State chapter of Poultry Association of Nigeria spoke with PREMIUM TIMES early this week. He expressed worry over the continuous decline of sales and the spoilage of eggs. He said the demand of broilers has fallen sharply “but demand for eggs is even worse.”“We are stuck with so many products in the farm. This has forced us to bring down prices to ridiculous levels. Eggs are perishable, so you can’t hold on to them for long.

 

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