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Awka\u2014 Anambra State Government yesterday released N1 billion\u00a0loan to farmers in the state to boost\u00a0food production. Governor\u00a0 Peter Obi announced the release at a meeting with stakeholders in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n

Obi restated the resolve of his administration to support farmers as critical agents in the transformation of agriculture to create employment for\u00a0citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to reduce the volume of food coming into the state from outside drastically through expansion of the agricultural sector to enhance food security in Anambra State, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The governor cautioned those he described as emergency or political farmers to steer clear, insisting that people who would have access to farming loan or any form of support must be real farmers.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Chief Nnamdi Mekor, the state\u2019s Chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, described the meeting as fruitful, saying that with the release of the loan, there would be agricultural revolution in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will key\u00a0into the agricultural agenda of government and reduce by half the amount of food coming from other places to the state,\u201d Mekor said.<\/p>\n

In his contribution, Mr Paul Mgbechi, the state\u2019s Chairman of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, commended the governor for his commitment to the growth of the sector.<\/p>\n

Mgbechi noted that the release of the money would boost agricultural activities in the state, adding that before the end of the year, the state would begin to produce more rice to other parts of the nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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