Kogi poultry farmers to get N4.2m loan each for egg production

Poultry farmers in Kogi State are to get N4.2 million loan each to boost egg production under the Federal Government’s National Egg Production (NEGPRO) Scheme. Chief Tunde Badmus, the Scheme Manager and National Anchor of the programme, disclosed this at a town hall meeting with the farmers in Lokoja. He said that NEGPRO had started […]

Poultry farmers in Kogi State are to get N4.2 million loan each to boost egg production under the Federal Government’s National Egg Production (NEGPRO) Scheme.

Chief Tunde Badmus, the Scheme Manager and National Anchor of the programme, disclosed this at a town hall meeting with the farmers in Lokoja.

He said that NEGPRO had started operations in six pilot states, including Kogi.

Badmus said that 150 poultry farmers in Kogi had been registered for the loan, as approved by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bank of Agriculture (BOA).

“A prospective beneficiary must have a farm that can accommodate about 2,000 pullets; the farm must be accessible, while its owner must have basic knowledge of poultry farming and should also belong to the Poultry Association of Nigeria. (NAN)