The failure of farmers in Africa’s biggest economy who benefitted from the Anchor Borrowers Programme to repay about N518 billion extended to them by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) underscores the weakness in the intervention initiative.
The N518 billion accounts for 47.4 percent of the tota
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
