Nigeria's local fish production up by 300,000 to 1.1m

The Federal Government has confirmed the increase in fish production from 800 metric tonnes to 1.1 million metric tonnes. Speaking at the inaugural harvest of Tilapia fish, by Premium Aquaculture Limited at their Oyan dam facility in Abeokuta, Ogun State recently, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said increase in fish production in the country was the direct result of the government's policy of backward integration, which encourages local fish production and reduction in fish importation. 'We can confirm that fish production in Nigeria...The post 'Nigeria's local fish production up by 300,000 to 1.1m' appeared first on New Telegraph Newspapers.
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