CBN plans to support Ogun farmers on anchor borrowers’ programme
Chairperson, Ogun State Women in Agriculture, Funmi Oyekunle (left); Deputy Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Ogun State, Shore Odusami; Vice Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Ogun State, Ahmed Arikosere; Deputy National President, AFAN, Segun Dasaolu; Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina; Governor Dapo Abiodun; Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele; Chairperson, AFAN Ogun State, Lola Adeoye Kushimo; State Chairman, National Cassava Growers Association (NCGA), Akinbode Adeneye; Ogun State AFAN Secretary, Abiodun Ogunjimi; Youth Leader, AFAN Ogun State, Olorunshola Osasona; State Chairman, Ogun State Fishery and Aquaculture Farmers’ Association, Adebayo Adeogun and member, Ogun State CBN Anchor Borrowers Steering Committee, Bakai Okedara, during a thank you visit by leadership of the state farmers’ group and commodity associations to Emefiele and the team on Anchor Borrowers Programme in Abuja… yesterday.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has promised to give more support to farmers in Ogun State in its Anchor Borrowers Programme.
The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, gave the promise, yesterday, when Governor Dapo Abiodun, led the leadership of Ogun Famers and Commodity Association to the headquarters of the apex bank in Abuja.
Abiodun, who appreciated the bank for giving support to the nominees, said the meeting was also to deliberate on how to include more beneficiaries that are eager to also benefit from the agricultural linkage opportunity.
He said that the administration would continue to give agriculture a priority to make the state food basket of the country.
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