According to them, the CBN had cancelled the allocation of 40,000 metric tons of maize to assist poultry production in the country and stopped poultry farmers from lifting the maize, the development which is majorly contributing to the high prices of maize in the markets.
In order to salvage the poultry industry from the imminent collapse it is witnessing, the leadership of the Poultry Association of Nigeria prays as follows; directing both the Nigeria Commodity Exchange and the Central Bank of Nigeria which manages the Strategic Maize Reserve Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria to FREE the allocations of 40,000 metric tons to the Poultry industry through the Poultry Association of Nigeria ”, the statement reads in parts.