{"id":15719,"date":"2019-09-20T15:20:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=15719"},"modified":"2019-09-20T15:20:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:20:18","slug":"nigeria-spends-1-2bn-to-import-fish-annually-emefiele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-spends-1-2bn-to-import-fish-annually-emefiele","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria spends $1.2bn to import fish annually \u2014 Emefiele"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria<\/a> (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele<\/a> says about 1.2 billion dollars worth of fish is imported into this country annually.<\/p>\n

Emefiele disclosed this in a meeting while briefing some state Governors and the media on the feat recorded so far in agriculture for economic growth, in Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He explained that current fish production stood at 0.8 million tons while the demand was 2.7 million tons, giving a deficit of 1.9 million tons.<\/p>\n

He said the apex bank\u2019s current initiative was to engage the coastal state governors to develop the blue economy to address the deficit of 1.9metric tons as well as eradicate the huge import bill for fish.<\/p>\n

According to him, this is a very huge economic opportunity for the states to create an enabling environment for investors.<\/p>\n

In a similar development, the governor said that major innovation to deepen the poultry business was the recent partnership between the bank and tertiary institutions to pilot the \u201cThe University-Based Poultry Production Programme\u201d in twelve 12 Universities across the six geo-political zones.<\/p>\n

He added that with the objective of not only building future agripreneurs but making the universities able to improve their internally generated revenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the pilot phase, five Nigerian Universities, namely; Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and University of Ilorin were enrolled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese Universities have submitted a revised proposal to their respective sponsoring banks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Governors of Ekiti, Adamawa, Lagos, Ogun, Benue, Zamfara, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Bauchi, Gombe, Katsina, Anambra, Imo, Edo, and Borno states attended the meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele says about 1.2 billion dollars worth of fish is imported into this country annually. Emefiele disclosed this in a meeting while briefing some state Governors and the media on the feat recorded so far in agriculture for economic growth, in Abuja on Thursday. 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