Vice Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture says the university will generate N800m annually from producing catfish.

 Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Prof. Hillary Edeoga. Has said the school was targeting N800 million annually from catfish production.

Edeoga told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, yesterday, in Umuahia, that a substantial part of the revenue generated internally by the institution, was from fish farming.

He said that the Fishery/Aquaculture and Poultry departments had been rehabilitated to ensure their viability and productivity.

Edeoga said that on assumption of duty as vice-chancellor, the university poultry buildings had no birds, adding that “there are thousands of birds now.

“On assumption of duty as the vice chancellor, l met a Fishery/Aquaculture department without a single tadpole, but today one of the sources of our internally generated revenue, is our fish pond.