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?The Osun Government has begun the disbursement of a loan of N89 5 million to farmers to fast-track implementation of the state’s Agriculture Quick Intervention Programme.
Mr Jayeoba Alagbada, Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives and Empowerment, told newsmen on Friday in Osogbo that all registered farmers’ cooperative groups?were expected to benefit from the loan.
Alagbada explained that the loan would be given only to farmers’ cooperative groups that had completed their registration processes, and urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of it.
The commissioner directed beneficiaries to invest the loan in planting plantain, maize and yam to further boost food production.
He appealed to other registered farmers’ cooperative groups that were yet to benefit from the facility, to exercise patience, as government would extend the gesture to them. (NAN)
