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| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 9:46pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
HappyJoe:If that was the case, then I will say it was a fool-ish decision. Do they want Lagos roads to be continually congested with heavy-duty trucks? Or aren't they concerned about the population explosion in Lagos? Some folks in government are absolutely daft beyond repair! |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by VickJames(m): 10:02pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
HappyJoe:Nwanne, when did you start being afraid of the Hausa men? We should concern ourselves with when are we going to start rather than when will one hausa man or yoruba man stop us. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by AnambraDota: 7:20am On Sep 30, 2015 |
The way things are going in East, the North may wake up one day and see no trailer loads of cattle or livestock is heading to East. East has embraced agriculture more than anybody, am still looking shaa. For poultry farmers in Enugu State and the South-East region – their major headache – travelling far distances to get day-old chicks has been completely cured. Before now, the farmers had relied on hatcheries in the South-West and other regions of the country for their farms. But last week, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and other relevant stakeholders officially commissioned the ultra-modern Animal Health Farms and Hatcheries, a privately-owned hatchery built in partnership with the state government through the Commercial Agricultural Development Project (CADP) and the World Bank. The commissioning of the hatchery has seen poultry farmers in the region now heaving a sigh of relief. This is as the hatchery, which is capable of producing 30,000 eggs in a week, would reduce the hardship experienced by poultry farmers in the state and the South-East geo-political zone in travelling far distances to buy day-old chicks from other regions. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony and first roll out of Day-Old Chicks (DOCs) of the hatchery, Ugwuanyi commended the establishment, describing it as a laudable gesture which would greatly enhance poultry farming in the state. The governor, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Water Resources, Mike Eneh, noted that aside relieving poultry farmers in the state of the stress of going to the South-West to procure DOCs, the hatchery would also help in providing jobs for the teeming youths of the state. His words: “This is the second hatchery in the South-East and also in South-South and from what we have seen so far, I think people from Kaduna and Kano also take their own chicks from this direction. Apart from reducing the stress witnessed while going to buy DOCs from outside the state and the risk of transporting them, another thing it did was that it reduced the cost of day-old chicks from 250 to about 180. So, we are quite delighted. We thank the World Bank and commercial agriculture project for their support in this too. “Initially, poultry was nothing in Enugu. But thank God that today, it has grown in leaps and bounds, being the fourth in the country and second in the South-East and South-South. Last year, I recall that the net addition of the poultry industry, outside hatchery, to the economy of Enugu State is about 1.48 billion. The reason is simple; Enugu has one of the best weather conditions for poultry industry in Nigeria. So, we hope to invest more in poultry production in the near future.” The governor also disclosed the state government’s plan to initiate policies aimed at the overall development of other areas of farming such as cashew production. According to him, “Enugu State has one of the best cashews in the world in terms of quality. There are two important things we need to do. One is the aggregation center which we proposed to build in Obollo Afor and the second thing concerns geo-products.” He said that he would “support any community that is willing to give us land, so that we can train these farmers, give them seedlings so that they can plough them in five hectares as an enterprise and also create jobs”. Also speaking, the National Coordinator of CADP, Dr Babandi Amin, praised the management of the company for deeming it fit to establish the hatchery, pointing out that it would go a long way in boosting poultry farming not only in the state but also in the entire country. Dr Amin harped on the need to sustain the venture, saying that the issue was not really on establishment but in making efforts to sustain what was already on ground. “We should also be looking at the results we are getting. Are the results commensurate with the inputs we are making or are they below the expectations? We should also look at the demand of poultry in the state and be able to determine whether what we have on ground already is meeting these demands or not. It is when these things are considered that we will be able to say we are reaching our goals of making these poultry products available to our people accordingly,” he said. Also speaking, the Manager, Animal Health Farms and Hatcheries, Dr Benjamin Oguejiofor, explained that part of why the hatchery was established was to compensate for the treatment meted to day-old chicks distributors, especially those from the South Eastern part of the country by already existing hatcheries that are mostly located in the South-West. He noted that due to the fact that over 80 per cent of the hatcheries in the country are located in the South-West, people from the state while going to purchase DOCs, usually involve in great risks which he listed as threat to lives occasioned by night travels, exposure to armed robbery, road accidents, chick mortalities, among others. According to him, the vision of setting up the hatchery was actualized with the emergence of the state Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP), which he said has played a great role to seeing that the hatchery was established. “The success story of CADP intervention is why we are here today, to celebrate dream come true”, he said. While pointing out that the hatchery has a total egg capacity for 95,040 with a multi-stage setter capable of handling 30,000 eggs every week, Dr Oguejiofor expressed hope that the hatchery would not only provide poultry farmers in the state with quality and viable day-old chicks, but would also provide over 100 jobs mostly to natives of Enugu State and others by extension. He, therefore, called on the state government and other relevant stakeholders in the state to key into the idea of improved poultry production in the state, adding that “if we are able to improve on the little we already have now, Enugu State will soon emerge as one of the best states in terms of poultry production”. Also commenting, the state Coordinator of CADP, Mr Robinson Nduaguba, expressed optimism that the hatchery was a sign of more good things for farmers in the state, adding that “this is a form of provocation to the youths in Enugu State to go into a project that will keep them very busy and make the state to be a food security zone. “I know that Enugu State is already creating an enabling environment for private sector investors and the example shown by this establishment is quite challenging. We will do everything possible to make sure that this establishment doesn’t relax. Instead, it will continue to improve and by so doing meet the expectations of our people.” 24 yrs boy started importati sunnewsonline.com/new/poultry-farmers-smile-as-gov-ugwuanyi-commissions-hatchery/ |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by kettykin: 7:33am On Sep 30, 2015 |
AnambraDota:This is a very good step in the right direction, but how can 30000 eggs in a week, even in a day feed a local government not to talk of a huge eastern population and economy. Igbos should start selling some of their real Estates in Lagos and Abuja and start investment in agriculture in the east. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Kcinho(m): 7:37am On Sep 30, 2015 |
AnambraDota:Good news. Our people are beginning to think agriculture. I feel that is the first step to reducing unemployment. The government should consider revamping the Adarice farm settlement in Uzouwani. A large expanse of arable land and manpower wasting over there. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 8:26am On Sep 30, 2015 |
Kcinho:This news is most welcome and hopeful But then they MUST FIX THE ROADS from PH to Onitsha...for all these eggs and chicks TO GET AROUND/ACROSS IGBOLAND..and maybe beyond That is the biggest issue Or are they gonna fly them round? ![]() I am shutting up about the roads now But if politicians and richer folks did more road trips...they would see what the common man who would make a living from selling eggs, doing agriculture etc has to go thru on the roads of the Igbo region...surely they would fix that express (Now fantasizing)...if only I could ground all airplanes for one year ![]() Good morning everyone! |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by DelGardo: 11:30am On Sep 30, 2015*. Modified: 12:56pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
Bishop42:At least Enugu-Onitsha, PH-Owerri, Owerri-Onitsha, Ikot-Ekpene-Aba, Ikot-Ekpene-Umuahia, and numerous key roads were manageable... they all became hell under Jonathan... some have been largely abandoned. There is no record of any other airport in the SE fixed by GEJ apart from Enugu so I wonder where you got the plural form of airport from. Innoson started making vehicles in commercial quantity in Jonathan's era... I don't know how Abacha could have patronized them. Besides it is the SE state governors that are really patronizing Innoson government-wise. There was never an IVM made vehicle in Jonathan's convoy. Bishop42:He promised second Niger Bridge. He turned around and agreed a PPP that will make our people pay for using the bridge! No other bridge or stretch of federal road in Nigeria is tolled. Yet he did not deliver on that either. And you call that promise fulfilled? He also promised an airport in each state as well as a federal university. How many was built in the East please? Which federal institution in the SE got Goodluck's attention? None! By saying "so-called Igbos" you have just insulted a whole egalitarian race btw. Jonathan did not add a meter of rail track in the SE. Every inch of the rail lines across the SE was in place before 1960. He claimed to have rehabilitated the existing tracks.. OBJ can lay claims to that too. Same old single narrow guage line with medieval signals without rolling stock. And Igbos (the most travelled group in Africa) should be grateful for that? Dude your standards are too low. Bishop42:It is the folly of supporting incompetence that transformed into hatred for change (and Buhari). We cannot have Non-Igbo friends with the new caustic attitude of hatred for anyone that is not Onyeigbo (or who is not a blind Jonathan fan). The more we advertise our rejection of Nigeria in this noisy manner the more resentment we will attract out there. Some of us don't want to be a on that bandwagon. We have seen what hatred can do.. think Nigeria civil war... think Rwanda! |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Igbonazy: 2:27pm On Sep 30, 2015*. Modified: 3:19pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
DelGardo:This writeup is definitely the handwork of the Northern puppet of a boy they called abajworo . Lazy Busybody nairalander |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Igbonazy: 2:36pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
https://m.facebook.com/goodluckichenwo1?v=timeline Ichenwo is Proud ikwerre biafran. He occasionally calls Portharcourt by its original name Igweocha |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Igbonazy: 2:44pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
The biggest reason why most ikwerres are strong buhari critics is because their fellow igbo on the mainland(East) are. Blood is thicker than water |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Igbonazy: 2:50pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
https://m.facebook.com/chinda.azunda?fref=fr_tab Chinda is pro biafran ikwerre who often use Ojukwu as his profile pix |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by DelGardo: 4:51pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
Igbonazy:I don't have another moniker here so I have no idea what you are on about. I don't rate tribalism much either.. in my travels I have encountered people from all over Nigeria and I have seen as much kindness from Northerners as I have from my Igbo brothers. I have also partied hard with some bad ass Bini boys... the guy that gave me my first break was a Yoruba guy. You better walk on if you have nothing to contribute. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 7:06pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
My dad passed away earlier today. He had a stroke for some weeks now. Then, a cardiac arrest took his life away |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by HappyJoe: 7:28pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:Sorry to hear this, may he rest in peace. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by AnambraDota: 7:34pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:My heart to your family |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by investnow2013: 7:40pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:May the gentle hands of God lead him into the glory prepared for those who love God in Jesus name Amen! |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by nedu210(m): 7:41pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:Its a pity, take heart my brother. May his soul rest in peace. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 7:51pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
Thank you all for the kind wishes. We'll have a family meeting to decide the next steps to take. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by DelGardo: 7:53pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:Sorry for your loss... may his soul rest in peace |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by nextexcel: 7:59pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:ohh what a pity boss,such is life and i pray that God will give u guys the grace to move on,my regards to ur family. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by MizMyColi(f): 8:00pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:This got me sad. I'm sorry and I wish you fortitude to bear the loss. I ask that his peace and serenity of mind envelope you and your family during this period of grief. *hugs* Please accept my condolence. It is well with his soul. Amen. *sighs* ![]() |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 8:24pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
nextexcel:Thank you. God is the only being that can give us full comfort. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 8:25pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
MizMyColi:Amen! I appreciate your sympathy. God will give us the fortitude to bear the great loss. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 8:53pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
So sorry for your loss! CFCfan: |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 9:03pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:Hey yaaa ndo, I nugo? May he rest in peace |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by lacosanostra: 9:09pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
Sorry for your loss, take heart |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 9:16pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
milychocs:Amen. Thank you, sister. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 9:17pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
lacosanostra:Thank you so much, Sir |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 9:18pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
centje:Daalu, mazi. O ga di nma |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by MizMyColi(f): 9:42pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:It's empathy. My mood took a dip on my way home. I wish you well. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by spyder880(op): 10:33pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
CFCfan:Chineke kasie gi na umu nne gi obi. O ga adi mma ma emesia. |
| Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by Nobody: 2:41am On Oct 01, 2015 |
spyder880:Amen!! |
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