The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) six hundred million naira integrated poultry farm at Amoyo in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara would formally commence operations on July 21.
It is recalled that Unilorin secured a facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to establish a commercial poultry farm to boost the production of eggs and chicken.
A statement by the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, quoted the Chairman, Steering Committee of the Poultry Farm project, Professor Mikhail Buhari, as saying that the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is expected to inaugurate the ground-breaking project.
Buhari, who is also the university’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, said that the event will be hosted by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the institution, Mallam Abidu Rafindadi Yazidu, OON; and the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Sulyman Abdulkareem.
The deputy vice-chancellor therefore encouraged staff, students and members of the host community to regard the farm project as theirs and ensure its protection from vandalism for the benefit of all.
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