The bank is providing 134 million dollars to achieve this, its president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said on Saturday after visiting the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano. Adesina told newsmen that the bank would support Nigeria in cultivating 300,000 hectares each of rice and maize, 150,000 hectares …
Read More »FG To Levy Imported Goods To Finance AfDB, W’Bank Obligations
The Federal Government is set to introduce 0.5 percent levy on imported goods to raise funds to meet its obligations to the African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Bank, and other multilateral organisations. This is contained in a document titled ‘Invitation to a One Day Public Hearing and Submission of …
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