Over 70,000 farmers, others registered in anchor borrowers programme in Ogun- Commissioner

Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture says it has registered over 70,000 farmers with the Anchor Borrowers Programme, just as over 40,000 small holders farmers with ancho/ agro-processors have also been enrolled.

The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina, stated this at the on-going budget performance appraisal of Ministries, Departments and Agencies by the members of the State House of Assembly’s Committee on Agriculture and Forestry led by Hon. Sylvester Abiodun at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Odedina noted that the Ministry had disbursed over N700m to 3,500 cassava farmers through the Central Bank of Nigeria in the first phase.
He added that the Ministry had ensured the linkage of 5,000 farmers to credit facility and land, while over 1,300 rice farmers had also been brought on board.
The Commissioner listed the sites of the agricultural programmes to include Asa,  Ewekoro, Obafemi town, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Odeda farm Institute, Apojola, all in Ogun Central, Mamu, Awa, Oru, Ojowo, Ijebu-Igbo, Ikenne Diary farm, Alamure Atoba, Segan Village, Akaka Remo, Omu Gbawojo, in Ogun East, while the sites in the Ogun West include Imeko, Afon Farm Estate,  Imeko (Idose) Ayetoro and Itoro amongst others.
Odedina explained that the Ministry within the period under review generated the sum of N50.2m into the coffers of government.