Ekiti farmers to access N2b government intervention loan
Farmers in Ekiti
State are to access the N2 billion federal government agricultural
intervention loan, Joseph Ogunjobi, Chairman of the local chapter of
All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has said.
Mr Ogunjobi on Wednesday said that the state government had concluded arrangements to ensure that farmers accessed the loan.
He said the money
was still with the Central Bank, and attributed the inability of
farmers to access the loan to the “uncooperative attitude” of the
immediate past leadership of AFAN in the state and the government.
He said, however,
that Segun Oni, the state governor, was doing his best to facilitate
the disbursement of the loan to all registered farmers in the state as
soon as possible. Mr Ogunjobi said the association was also working in
conjunction with the government to ensure that only genuine farmers
benefitted from the loan.
He said the governor had directed both the Ministries of Finance and
Agriculture to liaise with the leadership of AFAN to accelerate the
disbursement of the fund.
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