Nigeria: New hatchery has 540,000 daily capacity
The Akwa Ibom government has completed construction of a hatchery capable of producing 540,000-day-old chicks daily, according to Governor Godswill Akpabio.
Akpabio made the announced while presenting the 2013 Budget before the State House of Assembly. He said, the project which began this year, was ready for inauguration and would be managed under Public-Private Partnership arrangement.
The governor expressed the hope that the hatchery would meet the needs of poultry farmers in the state and the South-South region.
