By Esther Onyegbula
As part of its effort to assist Lagos State government in the fight against COVID-19, Feed Industry Practitioners Association of Nigeria, FIPAN; Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, NIAS, and Poultry Association of Nigeria, PAN, have donated 60,000 eggs to the state government through the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Lagos State, Dr. Olayiwole Onasanya, while receiving the donation on behalf of the governor and Commissioner for Agriculture, thanked the associations for recognising the importance of having a formidable immune system in the battle against the Coronavirus disease.
He said the thoughtful gesture of the groups will go a long way to help the home-grown school feeding programme being implemented by both the federal and Lagos State governments.
He added that eggs are important for nutrition: “We can’t joke with…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
