Don’t allow foreigners collapse local fish production – Association


Mr Rotimi Oloye, the National President, Catfish and Allied Fish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFFAN) has advised the Federal Government not to allow foreigners to collapse local fish production in the country.

Oloye gave the advice on Tuesday during the South West All Fish Farmers Congress in Ibadan.

He said the association had discovered that due to the price war in the fish industry, some Nigerians had insisted that foreigners should not be allowed to import frozen fish into country.

“Foreigners should not be allowed to import frozen fish into the country because this will affect local fish farmers.

“Study has shown that in Ghana for example, importation of frozen fish has disengaged local fish farmers with foreigners succeeding in creating an impression with the Ghanaian government that producing fish locally is not profitable.

“Government of Ghana now allows different people to bring in frozen fish and thereby disengaging the local farmers in Ghana.

“If you go to Ghana now, all that are engaged in fish farming are foreigners and this is what they are planning with the Nigerian economy so that by the time we are so hooked up, we will cry to the government that producing fish for local consumption is no more profitable,’’ The National President of CAFFAN said.

Mr Akeem Akere, the Oyo State Chairman of CAFFAN called for synergy among farmers to be able to succeed in fish farming production.

Akere said that fish farmers needed to share idea to avoid running at a loss in the industry, adding that most fish farmers sold the items below production cost thereby leading to business collapse.

He urged them to adhere to standard practice of fish farming in order to have good product.

Dr Remi Ahmed, a fish farmer urged fish farmers not to sell below cost price, adding that most traders prefer to buy at a lower price and latter sell to the consumers at a higher price.

Ahmed said that fish traders make more profit than the fish farmers because they force fish farmers to sell at a lower price.


He urged the state government to urgently address these challenges to prevent the fish farmers from running at a loss.

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