The Association of Poultry Farmers in Nigeria has urged the Nigerian government to establish a special intervention fund for its members to significantly reduce egg prices. The Director General of the Association, Onallo Akpa, made this request on Friday in an interview with Channels Television, monitored by DAILY POST. His appeal comes as the price of a crate of eggs has risen to around N6,500 from less than N2,500 last year. Explaining the reason behind the price hike, Akpa attributed it to rising production costs and a lack of government support for the sector. He lamented that nearly 50 pe…