Niger to collaborate with BoA on boosting agriculture
Saka Bolaji, Minna
Secretary to the Niger state Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane has stated that the state government would continue to collaborate with the Bank of Agriculture in order to give the agricultural sector the desired attention.
He gave this assurance when he received the Zonal Manager, North Central Zone, Bank of Agriculture, Ibrahim Alamba in his office.
Matane stressed that before the discovery of oil, agriculture was the bedrock of economic growth, development and poverty eradication in the country. He lamented that the advent of oil affected agriculture so much that people played down agricultural activities to the detriment of the nation’s economy.
The SSG further explained that the state is endowed with abundant natural resources, which if properly harnessed will galvanize the state to economic buoyancy, stressing that agriculture is the major supplier of food in the state.
He assured the zonal manager that the state government under the leadership of Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello will continue to support the activities of the bank with a view to achieving its set goals.
Earlier, the Zonal Manager, Bank of Agriculture, Ibrahim Alamba told the SSG that about N3 billion is giving to farmers as loans in the North Central zone through the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria by the Bank of Agriculture.
