, suggests that protein nitrogen was not lost during drying. This is in accordance with the findings of Puwastien et al.[6], Gokoglu et al. [8] and Tao and Linchun [9]. However,there was no significant difference between smoking kiln drying and electric oven drying for protein, ash, fibre, carbohydrate, potassium and phosphorus contents. After drying, there was a significant increase in lipids content. Smoking kiln-dried samples retained higher lipids content than electric oven-dried samples (P