Kwara to disburse N214m loan to farmers

Date: 2014-02-26

The Kwara State Government on Wednesday said it would disburse N214 million loan to farmers to boost agricultural activities in the state.

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Anthony Towoju, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin.

He said arrangements for the disbursement of the loan to 172 farmers, through a commercial bank, had been concluded.

Towoju said the money would assist the farmers to cultivate 2,580 hectares of rice, maize, soya beans and cassava in the state.

The commissioner reiterated the determination of the government to transform the agricultural sector.

He said the state government would continue to provide enabling environment for farmers to ensure food security and to promote commercial agriculture.

He also appealed to the youth to embrace agriculture as a noble profession, where their economic needs could be sustained.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bibire Ajape     Ijagbo     Balogun Gambari     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Hassanat Bello     Bamidele Aluko     Yusuf Abdulwahab     QuickWin     Kwara Hotel     Jide Oyinloye     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     NIRSAL     Oloje     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     First Lady     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Asa LGEA School     Folashade Omoniyi     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Alanamu     Iyeru Grammar School     Olatunde Olukoya     IsDB     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Ishaq Salman     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Saheed Popoola     Osinbajo     Taofik Mustapha     Agor Market     Sodiya     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Quareeb Islamic Association     Jare Olatundun     Durbar Festival     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Unicontinental Construction Company     Bahago     Oladimeji Thompson     Alaro     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Sulyman Buhari     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Kwara North     Tsado Manman     Ramadhan     Tinubu     Azeez Bello     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Tunde Oyawoye     Mumeen Lah     Salary     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Principal Private Secretary     Olota Of Odo-Owa     HYPPADEC     Benin Republic     Amoyo     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Young Progressives Party     Isiaq Khadeejah     Atiku Abubakar     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Hussein Olokooba     John Olajide Adedipe     Oloriegbe     Ibrahim Mashood     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Abdulrasheed Lafia     George Funsho Adebayo     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Ojuekun Sarumi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Elewu     Kwasu     Bayo Ajia     SWAN     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Lateef Fagbemi     Abdullahi Atanda     Abubakar Atiku     Amada Jidda     MalHub     Sheikh Ariyibi     Maimunat Oniyangi     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     JMK Construction Company Limited     Kunle Suleiman     Quran     Muslim Cementary     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Akume     Kanu Agabi     New Nigeria People’s Party     Moji Makanjuola     Sabitiyu Grillo     CT Ayeni     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Kunle Okeowo     Esuwoye     Salihu Yahaya     Adijat Adebiyi     Kwara NIPR     Ijagbo Health Centre     Ilorin International Airport     Magaji Nda     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Lukman Adeloyin     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Bolaji Abdullahi     Hamza Usman     Paul Odama     Sobi     KWASEIC     Muritala Awodun     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Balogun-Ojomu     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Guber Aspirant     Al-Ilory     Labour Party     Ayodele Shittu     Ayo Adeyemi     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Jaiz Bank     Zainab Abass     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Usman Alkali Baba     Moro     Al-Hikmah University     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Radio SBS     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Saliu Ajia     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Shuaib Olarongbe     Lanre Aremu     Ajibike Katibi     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Afonja     Adeniyi Ojo     Abdulraheem Yusuf