By Ayo Adegbola, Ado-Ekiti
Poultry Association of Nigeria(PAN),Ekiti State chapter, has appreciated the state governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, for the donation of 350 metric tonnes of maize to its members.
The association also expressed appreciation to the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security in the state, Mr Ebenezer Boluwade, for ensuring that members of the association were part of the beneficiaries of the gesture.
Chairman of PAN in the state, Mr Alonge Oluwasetemi, in a statement made available to newsmen described governor Oyebanji-led administration as been sensitive to the plights of poultry farmers in the state, stressing that it was the second time such gesture of maize palliative was coming to his members.
He said the intervention was timely, adding that it would rub off on their businesses especially with the astronomical rise in the prices of maize in the markets.
According to him, the items would be distributed across the 16 Local government areas of the state to the members
“On behalf of the Poultry farmers in Ekiti State, I wish to thank the Governor of the state, His Excellency, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji and the Honourable Commissioner For Agriculture in the state, Mr Ebenezer Boluwade, for injecting 350 metric tonnes of maize to Poultry farmers in the state.
The PAN chairman further remarked, “we were facing an eminent collapse as the price of maize has been increasing on a daily basis and has become out of reach to the Poultry farmers in the state.
The gesture will help to preserve our farms and also regulate the prices of our products and make them affordable in the markets”.
“We really appreciate the Governor for this gesture and remain confident as farmers that out businesses are secure as this is the second time we are receiving this gift.
He enjoined farmers to use the maize for the purpose it is meant for on their farms and not to indulge in selling it.
