According to the apex bank, this will be with an average output of 120,000 metric tonnes at 1.5 metric tonnes per hectare.
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The stakeholders, representing different associations within the industry, commended the apex bank for its support and commitment towards growing the sector.
Emefiele made the call in Port-Harcourt on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at the launch of the Rivers Cassava Processing Company Limited, which is designed to support improved production and processing of cassava into high quality flour in Rivers State.
Emefiele made the clarification in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Tuesday when he unveiled the 2020 wet season harvest aggregation and flag-off of the 2021 wet season input distribution in the South West under the CBN-Rice Farmer Association of Nigeria Anchor Borrowers’ Programme.
Olabode Adetoyi, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, made this known in Ado Ekiti at a news conference ahead of the official launch of the ” Ekiti Rice Pyramid Project” and flag off of the 2021 Wet Season Rice Cultivation, scheduled for Tuesday.
Ododo made the disclosure during a courtesy visit to his office by Ephraims Sheyin, Head of Lagos Operations of the News Agency of Nigeria.
Ododo told the News Agency of Nigeria that most of the jobs would come from the fields of music, movies, fashion and information technology.
The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made the call at the launch of a movie, titled: “UNMASKED,” a feature documentary on leadership, trust and COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
Awosika, who spoke in a statement, titled: “My FBN Group Journey,” made her position known two days after the Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, announced her sack alongside other Board members, including Oba Otudeko
Unegbu, who is a former Managing Director of the Citizens International Bank, and a past president of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja.
2.0 The media has been awash with commentaries on the purported management changes at First Bank of Nigeria Ltd (FBN) and the related regulatory inquiry by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the Board of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. It has therefore become necessary for me to address the public to clear any misconceptions.
The reaction of the Bank was contained in a statement by its Management on Friday.
The Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, who announced the decision, also reinstated the sacked Managing Director/CEO of First Bank, Adesola Adeduntan
Speaking at the Edo State Transition Committee stakeholders Engagement, Obaseki had raised concern that the step the apex bank took was an indication that the Nigerian economy was ailing.
Taking a position on the issue after receiving presentations from the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, the National Economic Council during its fourth 2021 meeting held on Thursday unanimously described the claim as reported in the media as “outrightly false.”
As the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted crude oil prices, leading to significant decline in government revenues and foreign exchange earnings, it has become expedient now more than ever before to diversify and create new trade opportunities for Nigerians.
At a recent programme in Benin, Obaseki had raised the alarm that oil revenue was shrinking and this made the government to print about N60 billion to augment allocation shared to states in March this year. He also wondered at the increasing debt burden hanging over the nation.
Emefiele’s response came at the end of a facility tour of Dangote Sugar plantation in Awe, Nasarawa State on Thursday.
Our correspondent gathered that the development followed the intervention of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami; and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
The principal sums deposited, the tenor and rate of interest were shrouded in secrecy, according to the Senate panel chaired by Senator Matthew Urhoghide.