The broiler scheme is a flagship project of Ogun State, youth-focused and nutrition-based, with 54 pilot youths successfully completing three cycles of broiler production. Each youth made a profit of N150,000 per cycle for three (3) cycles. 162,000 broilers and 3.24 Metric Tonnes of Broiler Meat were produced.
Prince Abiodun, at the official handover and closing/offtake ceremony of third (final) cycle of the pilot Ogun broiler project held at Odeda Farm Institute on Thursday, 8th October, 2020, said: “I welcome stakeholders to yet another Agricultural event which is in tandem with the Agricultural Agenda of Ogun State Government which include Food Security, Job Creation, Industrialization, Private Sector Partnership and Strategic Partnership with all Agencies in the Food and Farm Sector.
“… you will recall that the Ogun Broiler Project, whose worthy ambassadors are seated in their full radiance, started first operation on 23rd December 2019, with 54,000 day-old chicks. Our youths ran this first cycle successfully for six weeks, making record breaking achievements of profit, minimum mortality rate possible and good feed conversion rate. This performance in their first outing as young people, who voluntarily embraced Ogun State Agricultural Value Chain Opportunities in Poultry, turned the attention of the whole world to themselves, as role models for youth participation in profitable and exciting agricultural opportunities.
The second cycle of another six weeks, which commenced on 25th March 2020, coincided with pushing forward against all odds to deliver your birds to the off-taker, and how your obligation to the financial anchor has taught other young people good lessons of how to cope with different weather conditions in business.
There are over 9,000 registered interests in the project, and the government has concluded concrete plans to replicate the project in the 20 local government areas of the State
