FG targets $500m import savings with new palm oil estates
The Federal Government has unveiled a coordinated plan to revive Nigeria’s palm oil industry, aiming to cut import bills by up to $500 million annually through a public-private investment model built on large-scale estates and downstream processing.
CAC orders Farouk to drop AFAN as registered corporate name
As AFAN executives stop Faruk from parading self as President By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, has ordered Faruk Rabiu Mudi and others as BOT to drop All FARMERS Association of Nigeria, Kano Chapter (Rc93484) as a corporate name. This was contained in a letter dated June 22, 2020, and addressed […]
AFAN inaugurates elected 15-man Exco in Ebonyi
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, has inaugurated elected 15-man executive of Ebonyi State chapter of the association, after a keenly contested election. This was made known on Wednesday, to Vanguard by the National Vice President, AFAN, Chief Daniel Okafor, who represented the national body at the election expressed […]
CBN moves to capture 200,000 maize farmers in Nigeria
By Festus Ahon – Asaba The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Tuesday, expressed its readiness to capture 200,000 maize farmers across the country with a view to boosting maize production in Nigeria. The Director Head of Finance Development, CBN, Mr. Ihua Elenwor disclosed this in Asaba, Delta State during the flag-off of 2020 wet […]
COVID-19: Kano AFAN chair calls on FG to spend N13bn on farmers productivity, not on pests
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Kano State Chapter, Abdurrashid Magaji Rimingado, Sunday, called on the Federal Government to channel approved N13 billion to fight grasshoppers, locusts, and quela birds to boost farmers productivity amid Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. Rimingado made the call in a statement he signed […]
FG boosts farmers planting in Kwara with inputs
By Demola Akinyemi In order to ensure mass food productions, the Federal Government has commenced funding of the agricultural sector, as 114 Maize growers in Kwara State were given farming inputs by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on loan to increase their harvests. The distribution of the items which included one bag processed maize and […]
