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As this year's Christmas draws near, it is likely that most families will be celebrating the day without chicken on their menu.

Nigerians complain about inability to afford chicken for Christmas | Pulse Nigeria

News Agency Of Nigeria

<h2>As this year's Christmas draws near, it is likely that most families will be celebrating the day without chicken on their menu.</h2>

A cross section of consumers, poultry sellers and producers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Thursday, attributed this to the rising costs of chicken and production items.

NAN observed that in some major markets in Ojoo, Dugbe, Mokola and Iwo Road, an average chicken was sold for between ₦15,000 and ₦17,000.

A civil servant, Stephen Abidogun, said he could not afford to buy chickens for Christmas and had, therefore, opted for substitutes.

"Whatever I find within my means can be substituted for chicken – fish, meat or ponmo – will be used, as there are school fees to be paid for the children in January.

"My take home pay has been made meaningless as a result of the rising cost of living and the constant devaluation of the naira.

"Salaries have remained the same while prices of goods and services have tripled within this period.

"With the economic downturn in Nigeria now, one has to live within his means," Abidogun said.

A chicken feeds seller, Mariam Samuel, said prices of feeds had also gone up, attributing it to one of the reasons behind the escalated prices of chicken.

Samuel said, "The price of maize, which is a major ingredient in the production of feeds, has gone from ₦300 to ₦800 per 'kongo.'

"Ultima finisher, which now sells for ₦17,000, was sold for ₦15,000, while Topfeeds, which used to sell for ₦10,200, now sells for ₦12,900," she said.

A poultry farmer, Peter Alabi, however, said the increase in the price of day-old chick, which he claimed was the bedrock of poultry production, was another factor responsible for the high cost of chicken.

"A day-old chick is now ₦1,000," he said.

Alabi also stated that the rise in the prices of maize and other items in the production of feeds had contributed mostly to lack of enough fowls for sale.

Nigerians complain about inability to afford chicken for Christmas

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