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... As People shunned chicken during Christmas and new year celebrations

In this interview, the Director General, DG, Poultry Association of Nigeria, PAN, Dr Onallo Akpa, narrates the losses incurred by poultry farmers during Christmas and New Year celebrations as many Nigerians snubbed chicken purchases for other commodities based on their purchasing power: Excerpts:

How was the production of chicken ahead of the festivities like?
The preparations of poultry farmers for the Christmas and New Year festivities were highly expectant as, traditionally, there was the belief that Christmas and New Year seasons are periods that every family no matter how poor will be able to afford chicken for the festivals.


Hence, there were heavy investments in broiler production, especially the backyard small-scale poultry producers across the country.

Despite the high cost of Day Old Chicks, DOCs, orchestrated by demands for production for Christmas and the abnormally high cost of poultry feeds, poultry farmers stocked while expecting to sell at Christmas and New Year. There was virtually no family involved in poultry production that never stocked broilers for Christmas – with the expectations that whatever might be the reasons, there will be sales.

What were the challenges poultry farmers encountered during this period?
Sales and patronage at Christmas and New Year..in contrast to the expectations of most poultry farmers, all they produced could not be sold. Surprisingly, over 50 per cent of broilers produced for sale at Christmas could not be sold because of the low purchasing power of the people.

Families are striving to see how they can get any kind of food for their families, and therefore, the luxury of poultry meat as protein was not a consideration during Christmas and New Year. Poultry farmers who thought of making little profit at Christmas and New Year, are, at the moment, lamenting the losses they incurred.

A random survey of our communities at the moment reveals the presence of unsold broilers.The problems of poultry farmers are compounded as they cannot continue to feed the birds as that will amount to additional cost of production in the absence of patronage.

What’s the effect of poor patronage on the poultry industry?
The resultant effect of the development is that the livelihoods of the family who have had their sustenance on small family poultry production is being eroded while farmers are losing confidence in the business, leading to the closure of poultry farms all over the country. The challenge at the moment is that of the extremely high cost of production and induced purchasing power of the people.

What is the way forward in 2025?

Hope is not lost if the economy can be rejigged to look at the critical sectors of the agricultural economy of which the poultry sector is the low-hanging fruit with over 25 million Nigerians directly and indirectly involved in employment provision. More critical is the urgent need for the government to look at the nutrition and food security of the nation of which poultry plays a critical role.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/huge-unsold-stock-poultry-farmers-are-lamenting-massive-losses-as-people-shunned-chicken-during-christmas-new-year/

"Families are striving to see how they can get any kind of food for their families, and therefore, the luxury of poultry meat as protein was not a consideration during Christmas and New Year. Poultry farmers who thought of making little profit at Christmas and New Year, are, at the moment, lamenting the losses they incurred."



Ordinary chicken and in fact food generally, have become a luxury in Nigeria. Chai!!!

GOD have mercy ooooooo.

When the wicked rules, the people suffer.

Parent Cock🐓 sold as high as 50k;
money💵 that could previously
buy you a Goat🐐.

GanagiBitrus:
Parent Cock sold as high as 50k, money that could previously buy you a Goat.

Buy small cow early 2000.

Chicken 40k, is it a goat? 🤣🤣🤣

Them Neva see anything. Yh things are hard but Nigerians re wicked. Now it's festive season and all d poultry farmers add money for their chicken.
I can't imagine dat I will witness Chicken selling as high as 25/30k?
Our leaders re cruel bt we re heartless.
The opposition party needs to buckle up. This country needs to be saved from d hands of Tinubu nd his gang of Alibabas

For this side up on the high cost we ate chicken like kilo de,am even tired of chicken , don't know which side he is talking about

Let dem endure

Make them still dey train the chicken till next year December.

You won dey sell 3-6 months old chicken for 25-30k.


I know feeds are expensive right now, and giving the state of the economy, I would not advice anyone to start a poultry business. YOU WILL LOSE!

Nlfpmod, if we cant profit from agriculture, there is nothing much we can achieve. Food is BASIC.

Tinubu is working, people should give him 8 more years and things will turnaround

I got 1 for 30k.i shared 5pieces. The rest na me

Greedy farmers charging excess to extort the masses. Go and eat your chickens nah

As Una pack Una family problems add for the price, who Una want make e patronise Una after festivities.

Make Una enjoy una over priced fowls or learn to do giveaway.

People who no get money to buy onions, na them go buy fowl for 25k?

Elusive001:
"Families are striving to see how they can get any kind of food for their families, and therefore, the luxury of poultry meat as protein was not a consideration during Christmas and New Year. Poultry farmers who thought of making little profit at Christmas and New Year, are, at the moment, lamenting the losses they incurred."

Ordinary chicken and in fact food generally, have become a luxury in Nigeria. Chai!!!

GOD have mercy ooooooo.

When the wicked rules, the people suffer.

Who is ruling your household that is making you suffer?

Wahala, Chicken is gradually turning into a luxurious commodity.

E concern them

You sell chicken for 35k expect me to come buy am.

I don snub them this Xmas
I fry eggs instead

If you have unsold stock, reduce your prices. You can’t blame unsold stock on anyone. Unsold stock is a worldwide phenomenon.

Reduce price kpatakpata and u will at least get something.

iwaeda:
... As People shunned chicken during Christmas and new year celebrations


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/huge-unsold-stock-poultry-farmers-are-lamenting-massive-losses-as-people-shunned-chicken-during-christmas-new-year/

They should start eating them.

Looking4Trouble:
Greedy farmers charging excess to extort the masses. Go and eat your chickens nah

I guess the farmers became greedy when Tinubulation started

It's as if the farmers are not the same from past years

Who wants to buy chicken for 30 thousand

iwaeda:
... As People shunned chicken during Christmas and new year celebrations


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/huge-unsold-stock-poultry-farmers-are-lamenting-massive-losses-as-people-shunned-chicken-during-christmas-new-year/

Wrong pricing Basic economics asserts that if prices rise, especially for price elastic goods and services, demands fall ceteris paribus. They will learn to get their price right next time.

GanagiBitrus:
Parent Cock sold as high as 50k, money that could previously buy you a Goat.

In this my life I don take a big he goat to my community market and sold at the price of 4,500 take pay school fees back then in 2004

franchasofficia:
Tinubu is working, people should give him 8 more years and things will turnaround

8 more years and half the population will have expired from malnutrition.

It's well. Kill, freeze and sell in kilos.

Looking4Trouble:
Greedy farmers charging excess to extort the masses. Go and eat your chickens nah

I disagree sir

I bought 4pcs of 6 weeks old cockerel for consumption and rear them for 6months before I slaughter the first one and I have spent over 60k naira which means each chicken consume over 15k of feeds before I even slaughter one out of it

In total i spent over 70k on feed before I ate all

Imagine spending over 70k on just 4pcs of chicken

Mind you, I bought them at 6 weeks and not as a day which means if rear from a day old, I need to vaccinate them and give them some drugs

It's not funny rearing chicken these days and brolier eat lots of feeds

Steewpid farmers

iwaeda:
... As People shunned chicken during Christmas and new year celebrations


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/huge-unsold-stock-poultry-farmers-are-lamenting-massive-losses-as-people-shunned-chicken-during-christmas-new-year/

All the orgasms wey una get for December, shey una don cum now? Wicked people. We're waiting for y'all to buy it from you cheaply

merits:
They should start eating them.

Nigeria is THE ONLY country on earth where citizens are struggling to eat. Even in Yemen and Afghanistan, people eat better. Think about it: protein is practically out of the reach of most Nigerians at the moment. Egg, meat, fish, milk.....all these are luxury these days. No thanks to the avoidable hardship foisted on Nigerians by our current government.