The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has flagged off the FarmerMoni Enumeration and training of the 25 Local Government desk officers in Niger State, North-Central Nigeria.
The programme is under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, GEEP, to capture beneficiary farmers in their respective LGAs.
The programme targets about 1,000 farmers across the 25 LGAs, who will receive a soft, non-interest loan of N300,000 each, repayable within one year.
FarmerMoni is one of the National Social Investment programmes to help benefiting farmers acquire agricultural farm equipment.
For the National Programme Manager of GEEP, Hamza Baba, it is not going to be business as usual, as proper monitoring and supervision have been put in place for the FarmerMoni programme.
The Niger State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, says it will partner with the FGN to ensure that genuine farmers are captured in the programme.
Registers and digital gadgets were distributed to the desk officers, after which they were trained in how to utilise them for maximum results.
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