{"id":3882,"date":"2022-08-04T22:38:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2023-05-12T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T08:22:14","slug":"fg-approves-1-13bn-to-boost-agric-marketing-in-kogi-10-other-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/fg-approves-1-13bn-to-boost-agric-marketing-in-kogi-10-other-states\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Approves $1.13bn to Boost Agric Marketing in Kogi, 10 Other States\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Government has approved the sum of $575 million to improve agricultural marketing in 11 states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The states are Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Kebbi, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau and Sokoto.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8080026755787218\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8080026755787218\" data-ad-slot=\"7193833156\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abubakar Mahmood, disclosed this at the ministerial media briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team on Thursday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said another $538 million was approved for special agricultural processing zones to support inclusive and sustainable agricultural development in Nigeria. Also, $575 million was allocated to improve rural access, in order to strengthen the financing institutional base for effective development, maintenance and management of the rural roads network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mahmood also disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration has created about 3.6 million indirect jobs from N461.9bn worth of externally funded projects.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8080026755787218\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8080026755787218\" data-ad-slot=\"7193833156\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the project is currently being implemented in nine states, including Niger, Benue, Ogun, Ebonyi, Taraba and Anambra, Nasarawa, Kogi and Enugu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister also said that the government has recruited about 5,000 Agro Rangers that guide farmers against bandits, adding that they have been deployed to different parts of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Government has approved the sum of $575 million to improve agricultural marketing in 11 states.\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1498,1499,382,602,1500,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-3882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-businessnews","7":"tag-agricultural-marketing","8":"tag-akwa-ibom","9":"tag-bauchi","10":"tag-kano","11":"tag-katsina","12":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FG Approves $1.13bn to Boost Agric Marketing in Kogi, 10 Other States\u00a0 - Ebira Reporters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal Government has approved the sum of $575 million to improve agricultural marketing in 11 states. 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