The Federal Government, has said it
will stop issuing fish importation quota to importers as the venture is no
longer sustainable.
Speaking when he met with the Ijebu
Development Initiative on Poverty Reduction, IDIPR, in Abuja, the Minister of
State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Heineken Lokpobiri, said that
stopping the trade would help boost local production of fish and other aspects
of agriculture in the country.
According to him, the current
deficit in fish in Nigeria is over two million tonnes urging Nigerians to
invest to boost fish production and create jobs in the sector.
Lokpobiri, however, commended the
IDIPR for contributing to fish production in the country, while calling other
states to emulate the community’s agricultural initiative.
He said the government would soon
complete and commission the fish feed mill located at Eriwe village farm in
Ijebu community of Ogun.
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