The Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, has dismissed claims of egg scarcity in the state insisting that eggs remain readily available.
The Chapter Chairman, Mr Mojeed Iyiola made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos.
Iyiola further stressed that eggs remain in surplus across the state and are being sold at relatively low prices, contrary to claims of scarcity in some areas.
“I want to say there are eggs available in Lagos presently. There is no scarcity of eggs in Lagos.
“So in places where they are witnessing scarcity of eggs I don’t think it’s a natural scarcity. Probably they have paucity of funds and could not buy the products but there are eggs available.
“We recently displayed crates of eggs virtually across the eight zones we have in Lagos from 31st December 2025 till the new year at ridiculously low prices.
“We sold the crates between N4,800 to N5,000 as against the usual farm gate price of N4,900 to N5,200 per crate just to ensure we did not experience egg glut,” the chairman said.
Iyiola added that if the state government keeps up its involvement in the industry, the cost of eggs and poultry may decrease more around Easter.
He clarified that certain egg vendors might not be able to sell their goods because they owe their suppliers, who might be reluctant to give them fresh inventory.
“For now, there is no scarcity of eggs, and we have been selling at a reasonable price for a while now because we had an intervention from the Lagos state government and our agreement was to force the price down.
“Although the intervention has been stopped for now, the government is contemplating giving us more intervention so as to drop the price of poultry produced during the Easter period.
