Speaking shortly after an inaugural meeting of the newly constituted National Executive of NAMAN in Abuja, chief Awunor said if the cultivation of mushrooms is given the attention it deserves, it could create at least 50,000 jobs annually and remove over 50 million families from poverty.
Awunor said it is time the nation explored the high potential of mushrooms: “Apart from the foreign earnings our country stands to gain, mushrooms could as well be used for the clean-up of an oil spill environment, especially, the clean up of Ogoniland.”
Chief Awunor also stated that apart from the consumption of mushrooms as food, it is used by pharmaceutical companies for the production of medicines. He solicited government support to enable members of NAMAN to embark on the large scale farming of mushrooms for local consumption as well as export.
Source: blueprint.ng
