The Federal Government of Nigeria is seeking a fresh $1.2 billion loan from Brazil to boost the nation’s agricultural sector.
The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this known on Tuesday, 3rd November, 2020, when she appeared before National Assembly to defend her ministry’s 2021 budget figures.
Zainab disclosed to the members of the House of Representatives that government plans to use the loan to further boost the country’s agricultural sector.
Going further, she disclosed that the Federal Government would acquire 100,000 hectares of land in each state for food production, including that link roads would be built in such areas to provide access for farmers to move farm produce to markets and decrease post-harvest losses.
She said....
“For borrowing to improve industry, we are before the parliament. I request for the approval for loan that we call the Green Imperative Programme which is for loan of $1.2bn from the Brazilian government.
“It is a programme that is addressing the whole of agricultural value chain from mechanisation, production, processing and selling. It is meant to lend to businessmen for tractors, plants at all levels.”
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