The Cassava Growers Association of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter has assured members that the 2017 N1 billion Agric loan from the Federal Government will soon be disbursed to them.
Tajudeen Onilu, the Secretary of the Association in Kwara State, who gave the assurance in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday, appealed to cassava growers in the State to exercise patience with the government over loan disbursement
The statement noted that the Association had carried out all required conditions including openings of bank account for the disbursement of the loan
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Onilu further noted that the association recently expressed worry that its members were yet to benefit from N1 billion Federal Government Agriculture Loan Scheme in the state.
The statement therefore appreciated the state government for its prompt intervention towards ensuring that its members were carried along in the disbursement of the loan scheme.
Onilu in the statement said members of the Association had met all the conditions required to secure the loan such as acquisition of lands to cultivate cassava in large quantities and opened bank accounts in response to the request from the state government.
The statement appealed to the state government to hasten the process that would make them access the loan at the right time. Just as It advised members of the association to remain calm on the issue as the state government is on top of the issue.
SIKIRAT SHEHU, Ilorin
