{"id":1889,"date":"2021-11-22T14:15:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=1889"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:15:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:15:52","slug":"fg-inaugurates-egg-production-scheme-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/fg-inaugurates-egg-production-scheme-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Inaugurates Egg Production Scheme in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">..\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1890\" src=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tray-of-eggs--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Monday, inaugurated the National Egg Production, NEGPRO, Scheme in Kogi to boost poultry farming in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The National Poultry Desk Officer, the Department of Animal and Husbandry Services of the ministry, Vivian Ibe, made this known at the inauguration in Lokoja.<\/span><!--more--><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mrs Ibe said that the scheme was aimed at creating awareness and boosting egg productions nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe essence of the scheme is to create awareness aimed at strengthening egg production, its marketing and utilisation capacity of poultry products in Nigeria.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The desk officer said that the national egg production scheme was a five-year programme targeted at promoting economic development, income, livestock and job opportunity in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">She said that scheme was expected to produce about 500,000 table eggs daily for local consumption, export and processing into egg powder for use in the confectionery and pharmaceutical industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mrs Ibe said that the scheme would equally focus on the stakeholders\u2019 engagement toward piloting, facilitating and coordinating egg production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The state Coordinator of the ministry, Shekamang Ayuba, expressed the hope that the national egg production scheme would impact positively on agriculturists and farmers in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In his remarks, the Commissioner for Agriculture, David Apeh, commended the Federal Government\u2019s initiative for the establishment of a scheme to boost poultry farming in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mr Apeh, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr Sani Abdulganiyu, thanked the Federal Government for selecting Kogi as one of the first states in the country to benefit from the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The commissioner stressed that the project would also boost the nation\u2019s economy, food security and job creation for the unemployed youths in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He urged farmers in the state to avail themselves of the opportunity to key into the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The state anchors of National Egg Production, NEGPRO, scheme and some poultry farmers across the local government areas of Kogi were present at the inauguration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">They expressed their readiness to implement the programme in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">NAN<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"..\u00a0 The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Monday, inaugurated the 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