PHOTO: TWITTER/ CBNThe governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has said the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme of the bank emphasised the need for all stakeholders to sustain current efforts championed by the Bank to galvanise agricultural production towards meeting the requirements of Nigeria’s growing population. x
Emefiele gave the charge in Zauro, Kebbi State, on Tuesday during the flag-off of the 2020 wet season harvest aggregation and 2020 dry season input distribution under the CBN-Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, as part of the fifth anniversary of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP).
He noted that Nigeria was naturally blessed to meet her food requirement and had no reason to continually repeat mistakes of the past of neglecting agriculture.
The Bauchi State chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has urged the Federal Government to introduce additional measures that will enhance rice production and processing in the country.
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The Bauchi State chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has urged the Federal Government to introduce additional measures that will enhance rice production and processing in the country.
Alhaji Yahaya Adamu, the Chairman of the association in Bauchi State, made the appeal in an interview with Newsmen in Bauchi on Friday.
Adamu said that such measures would lead to bumper harvests and an expanded market for the commodity.
He said that government should, as a matter of policy, introduce orientation programmes on new farming techniques for farmers through effective use of the media.