Poultry farmers debunk egg scarcity, predict further price drop

The chapter Chairman, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday in Lagos.

Iyiola further reiterated the surplus of eggs in the state and at low price as against claims of its scarcity in certain parts of the state.

“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 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 also noted that there would be a further drop in the price of eggs and chicken come Easter, if the state government extends its intervention in the sector.

According to him, the probable reasons why some egg traders may not have the produce available for sale is that they may be owing their suppliers who probably refused to give them new stock.

“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.

“If that is done, then we are going to have a subsidised rate for chicken as well eggs during the Easter celebration,” Iyiola said.