September 27, (THEWILL) – The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has inaugurated its second farm estate in Yobe state.
The NALDA executive secretary, Prince Paul Ikonne, said the poultry farm would provide job opportunities for over 150 youths and boost the Northern economy.
September 27, (THEWILL) – The inauguration of the 20-hectare farm, performed by Senate President Ahmed Lawan over the weekend, came after President Muhammadu Buhari launched the maiden farm estate in Daura, Katsina state.
Ikonnne said the Yobe facility would house 10 poultry pens with 30,000 birds and an incubation centre, expected to produce 250,000 noilers annually, with monthly returns of N8.16 million from the sale of day-old chicks.
According to Okonne, the president mandated NALDA to make agriculture attractive for youths and “produce what we eat and for Nigerians to eat what we produce”.
“We are here today for the commissioning of this 30,000 bird capacity farm estate which is specially made to produce noilers.
“This center is like a reproduction centre that will be producing our locally improved birds that will be distributed across the country in order to encourage our local breeds and maintain our old stocks”, he said.
The NALDA boss said the farm estate which will commence production immediately is expected to generate N1.1 million daily from egg sales alone and about N400 million annually.
“This farm has a capacity of generating 850 crates of eggs daily and generating N1.1 million daily from the sales of the eggs only.
“And these eggs will also be incubated as we have an incubation centre here in order to produce day-old chicks that will be sent to other poultry houses across the country.
“Annually, we are expecting to have not less than N400 million generated from this farm”, he said.
He added that they believe the initiative “will reduce unemployment” and contribute to the “peaceful coexistence” in place in the community.
“I want to thank the host community, especially the President of the Senate for his support and the Governor of the state for providing us the enabling environment to see that the desire of Mr President is achieved.
“NALDA integrated farm estates are meant to empower the community, to develop the land within the community, empower the youth, create employment and reduce hunger in our land.”
“That means we are going to have poultry farms coming up across this zone, particularly in Jakusko local government.
“So, I believe that very soon, we will see an increase in the number of poultry farms in this particular zone. This is one of the immediate benefits and I will urge our people not to lose this opportunity”, he said.
