Nasarawa Seeks More Loans For Farmers 

The Nasarawa State Government has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to consider giving more loans to farmers in Nasarawa State in order to increase agricultural activities in the state.
The State Governor, AbdullahiSule made the appeal while hosting a delegation of CBN, who paid him a courtesy visit at the government house in Lafia, recently.
Governor Sule, who expressed happiness over the visit, thanked the Nation’s apex bank for enlisting Nasarawa in its previous loans to farmers, and sought for additional loans to enable farmers increase their farming activities.
He also appealed to the CBN to consider involving the State Government in the disbursement of the loans, in order to ensure that the funds are not diverted to other businesses.
According to him, “Agricultural activities are a development for us. Agriculture is business and we will not like it if someone takes N50m from you and instead of putting it into a farm, he puts it into a different business.”
The Governor expressed hope that when government is involved in the process of disbursement, it would go a long way in the development of agriculture in the state.
Earlier, leader of the delegation, and the branch controller of the CBN in Lafia, Samson Isuwa, informed the Governor that the bank has remitted about N120 million as taxes to the State Government.