Nigeria: CBN Maize Import Ban Ill-Timed, May Cripple Poultry Sector - Don

31 July 2020

The Programme Director of the Lagos Business School Agribusiness programme, Dr Ikechukwu Kelikume, has said that the recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria banning the importation of maize could reverse the gains of the apex bank's other interventions in agriculture.

He stated that the policy could further compound the woes of poultry farmers given that maize, which constitutes over 50 per cent of poultry feed content is currently very scarce, and where available, is very expensive, even as the price keeps rising.

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