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Lagos Will Establish Fish Centre To Boost Production -Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the government will establish a processing center for the fisheries and aquaculture sector to offtake the produce from registered farm clusters and fish farm Estates in a bid to set profit margins for farmers. Lagos State government says the initiative is in collaboration with a private sector investor, as part of efforts to boost fish production in the State.
The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, who made this known at the Quarterly Forum for Fish and Crop Farmers organized by the Lagos State Agricultural Inputs Supply Authority (LAISA) at the Odogunyan Fish Farm Estate, Ikorodu, explained that this became necessary because the State had realized that a lot of the fish farmers had problems with marketing and sales.
Sanwo-Olu disclosed that Lagos strives to add value, especially for agricultural products which would translate to more foreign exchange earnings, food sufficiency, food security, increased Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and subsequently provide more profit and improved livelihood for farmers.
Eko Hot Blog has learned that he noted that there are several small clusters of smallholder farmers in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, who lack clarity about profit margins and experience low productivity level, noting that the State Government will support the trade to alleviate poverty among the farmers.
Mr. Governor explained that the Processing Centre would be on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the capacity to process no fewer than 20,000 metric tons of fish for local sale as well as export.
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“This arrangement is on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). The process is ongoing and we hope to be able to start it this year. The idea is for this one facility alone to be able to process at least nothing less than 20,000 metric tons of fish and after processing, this fish can be sent to other States in Nigeria or it can also be exported”, he averred.
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