FG urged to enforce ban on importation of frozen foods

Chief Executive Officer of Animal Network Limited, Dr. Everard Kasimanwuna, has called on youths in Delta State to take advantage of the state government’s wealth and job creation to go into farming.
Kasimanwuna, who made the call during the 2016 edition of the Agro Delta sensitisation workshop for livestock and poultry farmers, held in Asaba,stressed the need for more standardization of livestock and poultry farms in Nigeria to enable it meet the increasing demands for her produce. 

Urging government to enforce the ban on importation of frozen foods and other farm produce, he argued that that the livestock market should not be a place where “people just come and leave anytime”. 

He said: “Policies like importation of poultry products should be“enforced. Imagine what will happen if government decides to put a ban on all supermarkets or eateries that patronize imported poultry products, imagine the boom for local farmers. 

It will create enough local content for local farmers. People will want to do business because they have an already market for it. “Take another example, if government can enforce the registration of all farmers, it will help us keep a track record of their progress. 

Of course we understand that the livestock market is like an open market where everybody comes in and goes because there are no regulations. “What Animal Network does is to show livestock farmers the right path to follow. We are like the watchdog in the livestock industry. We know that there are a lot of lies and propaganda out there, our business is just to tell them the truth. 

We empower them with knowledge; our seminars and workshop are targeted at changing the mindset of farmers. We understand that farmers lack two things; ?financial records and heart held management and that is what we are doing today, teaching them how to do that.”