FISH, THE MOST COMMON PROTEIN TO A COMMON MAN IN NIGERIA.
The Head of department fisheries technology federal polytechnic Bauchi Mr. Umar Babuga Sulaiman said fish as a food is the most common protein which is close to a common man in the soetm and a some of livelihood. He said this during an extensive interview with students of H. N. D II mass communication federal polytechnic Bauchi in his office over the weekend
The H. O. D fisheries technology department highlighted some of the importance of fish production in our society today He said, production of fish, provide a society with food, which he said fish servers as food which give us protein in our body. and is the most cheapest compare to the killo of meat in our today. He further said, fish farming severs as source of income to those who engages them self in fish farming activities in our society or those who live directly or indirectly within the industry.
Mr. Umar further emphasize that in our society today some people solemnly depends and live in fish farming industry for their livelihood most especially men and women who sell fish in the market in frozen, fried or smoked fish besides road side in other to carter for their family and to pay their children tuition fee.
So also, he added that important of fish production relate to how people in the village or people who live around riverine area enjoy the benefits of fishing in the river after which they take it to where they can sell and get money for solving some of the family problems that demand for money.
More so in his remark, Mr. Babuga added that some people even engage them self in the process of transportation of the fish product from one geographical area to another in other to survive, he also said some are dealers of of fish product who solemnly depend on that even internationally, this he said include exporting or importing it profit purposes.