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N75bn loan: Farmers tackle Edo, govt berates Oshiomhole, Okunbo

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Farmers, under the aegis of Edo State Concerned Farmers Association, have accused the state government of diverting a N75bn Central Bank of Nigeria loan facility meant to boost agriculture in the stat

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Spokesperson for the group, Abdul Mohammed, said, “In 2017 we participated in the Agripreneur programme in Sobe, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, where we planted and harvested maize. “In 2019 we also participated in Aganegbode, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, where we planted and harvested rice. Since the harvest in October 2019, the Edo State Government and Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending took the rice for processing and sale in Abakaliki.

In response, the state government in a statement titled, ‘Okumbo, Oshiomhole behind Abuja protests against Edo’s agric programme,’ signed by the Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communications, Crusoe Osagie, dismissed the allegations.

 

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