Governor Babagama Umara Zulum of Borno state Tuesday paid an inspection visit to the poultry production unit in the state’s Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries Development along Gamboru Ngala road in Maiduguri.
He said his administration will support poultry production in the state to create job opportunities to its teeming youth population.
Zulum further urged the management of the unit to explore the possibility of expanding its production beyond Maiduguri to create job opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths in the state.
He assured his government’s support to mass poultry production to enable the poultry unit produce large quantity of poultry chickens and feeds to address scarcity of poultry chickens and feeds in the state as part of his 10 -point agenda in addressing youth unemployment.
The state Commissioner of Animal Resources and Fisheries Development, Juliana Bitrus who conducted the governor round the poultry unit of the ministry, assured him of her ministry’s commitment to meeting up with the mandate to attain set goals and objectives of the state government on poultry chickens and feed production at large quantity.
She stated that efforts were made by the ministry towards that direction as all resources were geared towards meeting the target of the state government while thanking the governor for his visit to the site and support to the ministry.
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