FUNAAB hosts fishing festival to attract investments in aquaculture

As part of efforts to reduce Nigeria’s fish import bill, the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) organised a fishing sports festival to attract investments in aquaculture.

The fishing festival is focused on training potential investors with practical experiences on fish farm and various harvesting methods.

Olusola Oyewole, vice-chancellor, FUNAAB, stated during the festival which was held at the Directorate of University Farms (DUFARMS) in Abeokuta, that the fishing sports festival would not only teach practical experience on aquaculture, but would also breed industrial harmony on campus through extra-curricular activities.

“We are quite proud with the work that DUFARMS has been doing in the University in the past few years. Two years ago, the University sponsored some staff of DUFARMS to Songhai Farms, Benin Republic, to go and understudy what was happening there,” Oyewole said.

“Just some few weeks after their return, they were proud to invite all of us to come and see the model they were trying to build within the University. We were able to see their snailery and the pineapple plantation, which I believe have been yielding fruits in the past few months.

Reminiscing on how the structure for the fishing sports festival was built; the vice-chancellor said that “Last year, we were here to see the fish ponds that have been incorporated into the schedule of DUFARMS. I am glad that just a year after that, they have been able to improve on that initial innovation by building rafters upon the ponds so that facilities for fish sporting could be available in our University.”

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