The Commissioner for Agriculture, Akwa Ibom state, Dr. Glory Edet, was on hand to flag off public sales of Ibom Chicken at a subsidized rate of N2,800 at the state Secretariat Complex, Uyo yesterday, Tuesday 21/12/2021 for purchase during this year’s Yuletide celebrations in the state.
The sales of the chicken will last till Wednesday 22 December 2021 where members of the public are given the opportunity to buy either full chicken at N2,800, Gizzard- N1,800; neck N1,300 while legs are sold at N1,100 for Christmas celebration and then resume on 30th December for sales at the same amount for the New year celebrations.
The Agric Commissioner, said the public sales of frozen chicken at subsidized rate was done in collaboration with a United Arab Emirates Company, ( JamPur Group ) in readiness for the formal taking over the management of Ibom Hatchery at Mbiaya Uruan in January 2022.
To this end, production of day old chicks for breeding by poultry farmers, processing of chicken and production of animal feeds are to be made possible in the state by the Company .
