Farmers in the poultry and fishery industries are lamenting the continued closure of hotels, drinking joints and other entertainment spots where their products are sold.
They say the situation is threatening their business.
The President, Integrated Farmers Association of Nigeria, Mr Aduragbemi Akinlami, noted that current Anchor Borrowers Programme was not as effective as the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme, which took holistic view at agriculture up to the grassroots level. “Some of them have incurred losses. We are only hoping that with the gradual easing of the lockdown, which had allowed a section of the industries to open for business, it will soon get to the hotels and others. We sell most of our products to the hotels and the drinking joints.
The Ogun State Coordinator of IFAN, Mr Ibrahim Salami, equally punctured the ABP, arguing that the mechanism was faulty as many farmers recorded losses in the programme and some had backed out. The President of Lagos State Catfish and Allied Farmers Association, Mrs Nurat Atoba, also lamented that the lockdown came unexpectedly while many of them had stocked their ponds with fish.
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