The Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news briefing he addressed.
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The Minister made the remarks in Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State, when he led a Federal Government delegation on an inspection of Malam Alu Agro Allied Company Limited, which also hosts the tallest national flag pole in Nigeria and the second in Africa at 50 metres high.
Yila Yusuf, Director, Development Finance Department of the apex bank, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.
The Bank’s February 2021 release of maize in fulfilment of its pledge to reduce the price of the commodity was done through the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme to major poultry feed producers and poultry producers in the country.
The state Chairman of the Wheat Farmers Association and member of the ABP committee, Alhaji Abdullahi Argungu, disclosed this to newsmen at the end of a stakeholders’ meeting on the programme in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday.
In a communique issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, said out of the amount, N61.02 billion was disbursed to 353,370 dry season farmers.
The training, which was facilitated by Kanyi Kesandu Multipurpose Cooperative Society, took place at Ngodo Isuochi in Umuunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State.
The newly-elected President of the association, Joe Onyiuke, made the commendation during a stakeholders’ forum on investment and funding opportunities in the oil palm value chain for oil palm growers in Abuja.
According to the bank, farmers need not panic as it is committed and will make sure all beneficiaries get the loans.
The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this at the Ground-Breaking ceremony of Tomato Jos at Kangimi community in Kaduna on Monday.