Ginger Farmers Seek Equal Opportunities For Stakeholders

Acting President of the National Ginger Association of Nigeria (NGAN), Mikah Adamu, has called on the Federal Government to create a level-playing ground for stakeholders, through the apex body, to showcase the Central Bank of Nigeria, Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (CBN/ABP) in this year’s wet season.
Adamu stated recently in Asaba, while inaugurating the executive members of the South-South Zone of the association comprising Delta, Edo, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers and Bayelsa State chapters.
He said this was important because ginger is the third commodity that brings revenue to the country beside oil revenue, though the product is not where it ought to be yet.
Noting that the value chain of the product include ginger processors, ginger marketers amd exporters, The Acting President urged the newly elected South-South Executive to ensure more farmers are registered to help boost the nation’s GDP.
He appealed to the government to assist through the provision of farm inputs and machines that would enable the production of both quality and quantity ginger for export in order to meet the international standards of most agricultural products.
In a goodwill message delivered through the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Delta State Commissioner of the Ministry lauded the Association.
He said the State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, is farmer-friendly and would support them, saying that “ginger is a money-spinning product”.
“The Government is glad to know that the efforts of the State Chapter of the Association has yielded to cultivating hectares of ginger farms”.