NatnudO donates 5000 Noiler birds, 75000 eggs to IDPs

As a result of high malnutrition rate, infant and maternal mortality, and stunting among children in rural area in Nigeria, natnudO Foods Limited, producer of natnudO Chicken and eggs, has donated 5000 Noiler birds and 75000 eggs to the rural indigents, widows and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), to curb the menace in the North-East of the country.
This, according to the company, is out of its goodwill in support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Borno State Government’s effort, to save the people in the region from deficiency of protein in their daily food consumption and to create a source of income to the women in the rural areas by donating foundation stock to make them poultry entrepreneurs.
The Group Managing Director, natnudO Foods, a subsidiary of Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited, Dr. Ayoola Oduntan, said both birds and eggs, which are among the best sources of protein would enhance the nutrition profile of their diet.
According to him, the quickest and easiest source through which the people in the disadvantaged rural areas and IDP camps can get high quality protein to supplement their food is chicken and eggs.
Speaking at the launching and presentation of the birds and eggs to the beneficiaries by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh and the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima at the Government House in Maiduguri recently, Oduntan hinted that many of those people were malnourished because their foods only contained high levels of carbohydrates without protein.
The natnudO boss, who handed the birds and eggs to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, explained that Noiler birds, which could be reared at the backyard, on free range, just like the local birds, do not require high input in rearing like the broiler and layer breeds, but happily produce eggs and gain weight rapidly like them.
Appreciating the gesture of the company, the Minister of Agricuiture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, said the donation to the lDPs would go a long way to reduce the suffering of the affected people.
Ogbeh, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Bukar Hassan, also commended the company for its pioneering research and development effort in the poultry sector, describing it as what the country needs at this time to develop the agricultural sector.
Also speaking, the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, said natnudO had done very well not only to provide protein for the malnourished people but also to empower people through its laudable research in the agricultural sector and alleviate poverty in Nigeria.
He donated N10,000.00 per beneficiary for their feeding and well-being.