Prices of eggs may increase from the current N5,500 to N10,000 per crate if urgent steps are not taken to support poultry farmers, the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) have said.
The Secretary of PAN, FCT Chapter, Musa Hakeem stated this at a press briefing to commemorate World Egg Day on Saturday.
The association attributed the rising cost of eggs to the high cost of transportation triggered by fuel subsidy removal as well as outrageous increase in prices of feed by millers.
According to him, the Federal Government must urgently declare a state of emergency on egg production in the country, following the horrible decline in protein intake as Nigerians can not afford to depend on importation of eggs.
“If we should go by the proportional increase in the prices of these factors mentioned earlier, we will be buying eggs at N10,000 per crate, but because we wanted to be compassionate, coupled with the importance of eggs for health, we left the price at the current price of N5,500,” he said.
Hakeem expressed worries that the prices of the protein might change soon to N6,000 going by the increasing prices of poultry feed.
He said: “To the best of my knowledge, the last time we received any grains intervention from the government was three years ago. Other respite by the government to cushion the high prices of food are only read on the pages of newspapers.”
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