The failure of some farmers who benefitted from the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) to repay the loans extended to them by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the fraud allegations in the scheme that led to its suspension are stalling the country’s quest for rice self-sufficiency.
While there is
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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.
