According to the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), about ₦200 billion was lost during the period as poultry farmers faced a lot of challenges like the destruction of eggs, rotten frozen chickens, and inability to sell to customers due to the non-availability of the new naira notes.
The PAN national president, Sunday Ezeobiora shed more light on the situation while speaking at the second edition of the Poultry Summit with the theme “Poultry Production, A Foundation for Food Security and National Development” held in Abuja recently.
He said, “The country was once bedevilled with the Central Bank of Nigeria currency redesign policy which saw poultry farmers not being able to get the new Naira notes to buy raw materials, and above all farmers were unable to sell their products of egg and chickens. This development led to the destruction of eggs and rotten frozen chickens in excess of ₦200 billion without support and compensation from the government or otherwise.”
