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April 10, 2021
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Read moreThe Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) under the Anchor Borrower Program (ABP) for empowering smallholder farmers. During a stakeholder forum on investment and funding opportunities in the oil palm value chain for oil palm growers in Abuja, the newly-elected President of the Association, Mr Joe Onyiuke, made the commendation. Onyiuke clarified that strong passion and determination as well as willingness to increase agriculture to improve the economy had so far been shown by the current administration. He said that different organizations in the agricultural value chains had access to CBN interventions and had therefore brought the sector to a certain extent. He provided examples of the Buhari-led administration's effort to revive the sub-sector of Cotton Textiles and Garments, where some textile industries are now locally sourcing their cotton for production. Onyiuke lamented the previous leadership's inability to create a solid structure and organize the association properly, adding that such members had limited access to the oil palm development funds recently disclosed by CBN. Nevertheless, he said the CBN governor had recently held meetings with oil palm stakeholders, but unfortunately OPGAN was unable to organize itself as an access to funds organization. According to him, there is tremendous potential for the oil palm value chain to put Nigeria back to where it should be in the palm oil industry. He emphasized the need for the association's members to come together and organize themselves. Onyiuke thanked the board of trustees who had taken it upon themselves to reposition the association, expressed appreciation to the association for the faith put in the new leadership and vowed not to disappoint the association....
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