Page 8 - Value Chain Development Programme News Today

 Femi Ezekiel At a critical time like this, when developing countries have started diversifying their economies into growing the agricultural sector, Nigeria is not an exception to exploit the endowed natural resources at its disposal for guaranteeing food security, employment generation and in shoring up its internal revenue base. In Ogun State, its pilot scheme, the joint intervention of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Federal Government on Saturday assured MTN subscribers that USSD services for the network will be restored soon. Nigerians had taken to various social media to complain about the difficulties in buying airtime or data after all the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the country had blocked MTN from banking channels. Also, MTN in a statement released confirmed that its bank recharge channels were currently unavailable. The operators advised subscribers to seek alterna...

Share Watchers of political developments in the South-West geopolitical zone would no doubt have noticed the calm and tranquility in Ogun State in recent times. Although The Gateway State, contiguous to Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, is not without security challenges, it is one of Nigeria’s safest states at the moment, a thriving destination for business and tourism in spite of the global ravages occasioned by Covid-19. This has not been by accident but by deliberate design. An inkling...

The Kogi State government has announced that it signed two deals from World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) valued at $62 million and $10 million respectively, to boost over 500 kilometres of rural roads, and agriculture development to fight food security in the state. This was disclosed by Mohammed Onogu, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Yahaya Bello, in a statement on Friday in Lokoja. He said the IFAD programme is an Assisted Value Chain Development Progr...

The Kogi State Government has signed two agreements with the World Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for subsidiary loans of $62m and $10m respectively.

Advertisement The loans, obtained from the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), were signed on behalf of the state by Asiru Idris, Kogi commissioner of finance. While the state obtained $62 million from the World Bank, it secured $10 million from IFAD. In a statement on Friday, Mohammed Onogwu, chief press secretary to Yahaya Bello, Kogi governor, said the IFAD facility would be injected into the Value Chain Development Programme. Advertisement The programm...

Share The Kogi State Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Mukadam Asiwaju Asiru Idris had signed two separate subsidiary loan agreements on behalf of the Kogi State Government, with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and World Bank yesterday in Abuja.  The World Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development loans of $62 million and $10 million respectively signed  by the Kogi State Government is for rural roads, agriculture market and value...

Kogi govt signs two loans agreement to boost food security, improve local economy Kogi govt signs two loans agreement to boost food security, improve local economy Share The Kogi State Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Mukadam Asiwaju Asiru Idris, had signed two separate subsidiary loan agreements on behalf of the Kogi State Government, with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and World Bank, on Friday, in Abuja. The World Bank and International Fund...

By Yekini Alli In December last year, Ogun State helmsman, Prince Dapo Abiodun, breezed into the conference room of Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, in a blaze of glory. And local and international stakeholders in agriculture stood still as he was decorated with the Best Governor of the year award in Agriculture, a fitting tribute to months of endless toils and triumphs in a pandemic year. The innovations in farming, farming techniques and technologies and agribusiness deriving from Governor Abiodunâ€...

Share In December last year, Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, breezed into the Conference Room of Sheraton Hotels, Abuja. And local and international stakeholders in agriculture stood still as he was decorated with the Best Governor of the Year award in Agriculture, a fitting tribute to months of endless toils and triumphs in a pandemic year. The innovations in farming, farming techniques and technologies and agribusiness deriving from Governor Abiodun’s ISEYA mantra of infrastructur...