The trial reported herein investigated the use of maggot meal as a replacement for fish meal in a cassava products-based layers diet. Old laying hens (/* weeks in lay) made up of two hybrids (Isa Brown and Black Nera) were randomly allotted to five iso-energetic and iso-nitrogenous experimental diets such that each dietary treatment was replicated three times with two birds/replicate. All the diets contained whole cassava root meal (WCRM,-3*.,ῌ.,..0 g/kg) as source of energy with soybean meal (SBM) and cassava leaf meal (CLM) (plant protein sources) supplying /*ῌ and ,/ῌ of the total dietary protein respectively. The experimental treatment consists of fish meal (FM) and maggot meal (MM) as animal protein sources supplying the remaining ,/ῌ of the total dietary protein. Additionally, in diet + (FM and MM supplied ,/.* and *ῌ of dietary animal protein respectively), diet , (FM and MM supplied +2.1/ and 0.,/ῌ of dietary animal protein respectively), diet-(FM and MM supplied +,./* and +,./*ῌ of dietary animal protein respectively), diet. (FM and MM supplied 0.,/ῌ and +2.1/ῌ of dietary animal protein respectively) while in diet / (FM and MM supplied * and ,/.*ῌ of dietary animal protein respectively). The diets were fed over an eight-week period. Average daily feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion ratio were not significantly a#ected (P῍*.*/) by dietary treatment although breed of laying bird significantly a#ected (Pῌ*.*/) these indices. Hen-day egg production was significantly influenced (Pῌ*.*/) by dietary treatments. Of all egg quality characteristics investigated, only shell thickness and shell weight were significantly (Pῌ*.*/) a#ected by dietary treatment and breed. In conclusion, the results of this experiment indicated that maggot meal holds promise as a replacement for fish meal in cassava root-cassava leaf-based diets as it could replace /*ῌ of the dietary animal protein supplied by fish meal without deleterious e#ects on egg production and shell strength.