The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday, in Ekiti State, flagged off the first pyramid in South West, with a vision to finance over three million rice farmers to boost production and improve the agriculture value chain in the country.
This came as the Governors of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Rotimi Akeredolu(Ondo), Atiku Bagudu(Kebbi), Badaru Abubakar(Jigawa) and Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, described the rice pyramid programme as a good vision that would reduce import and make Nigeria fully independent in food production.
The CBN Governor said the Archor Borrowers programme has expanded agriculture production for 21 crops across the States of Nigeria