Agriculture

Kano Farmers Say World Bank Project Will Boost Agriculture

Abba Dukawa Kano state project coordinator, of CARES project Rufa’i Halilu, has said the project has spent about N300 million on farm input support components adding that the amount was expended on providing the beneficiaries with solar-powered water pumping machines, power tillers, planters, fertilisers, insecticides, herbicides, sprayers, and improved seeds, among others. According to him […]

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Over 8,000 Farmers To Benefit From NG-Cares Loan In Kebbi

More than eight thousand small-scale farmers drawn from all the twenty-one local government areas of Kebbi State have been shortlisted to enjoy the Fadama component of the NG-Cares programme. From a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to Kebbi State Governor, Yahaya Sarki, a copy of which was made available to the Spectacles […]

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Kebbi Govt. Pledges Additional Resources To NG-CARES Programme

Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu says the state government will provide additional resources to the NG-CARES programme, as soon as they are requested by the Delivery Platforms. Bagudu spoke on Thursday, in Birnin Kebbi at the launch of the programme and promised that the state government would render all the necessary assistance to […]

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COVID-19: NG-CARES Disburses N35.3bn To States – Official

Prof. Yusuf Suleiman, Team Leader, Physical Implementation Support Mission for the NG-CARES Programme from the World Bank, on Friday said that about N35.3 billion has so far been disbursed to 36 states of the federation and FCT to mitigate COVID-19 impact. He made the disclosure during a courtesy call on Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi […]