Lagos to produce 150,000 eggs daily by January –Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola said yesterday that Lagos State would, through its farms, produce 150, 000 eggs daily as from January, next year.

Fashola also commissioned cassava flour factory set up as part of efforts to ensure food security.

He assured that his administration would do its best to ensure food security in the state.

The governor spoke at the graduation ceremony of 286 trainee farmers at the Agric Training Institute in Epe.

Fashola also commissioned a 50, 000 capacities automated 5-units broiler houses, 200 unit of 2-bedroom apartment for farmers and 2.34 kilometer road network within the Agric Training Institute.

All these, the governor said, were parts of efforts to increase food production locally.

Fashola stated that the idea behind the Agric- Youth Empowerment Scheme (Agric-YES), “is very simple idea but it has been rigorously developed and unflinching implemented.”

He added that the objectives of establishing the youth empowerment programme was to address the food challenges by engaging youths

The governor said: “The 32 tonnes cassava mills are meant to provide cassava flour, to supplement what the flour mills are using in their production. It is a small beginning, but it shows that an idea that was started four years ago has become a reality.”