Niger Govt Targets 600 Farmers for N300,000 Interest-Free Loans

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The Niger State Government, in partnership with the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), is targeting 600 farmers for N300,000 interest-free loans each under the Federal Government’s Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP).

The National Programme Manager of GEEP, Hamza Baba, announced this on Saturday in Minna during the flag-off of the FarmerMoni enumeration exercise and training of desk officers drawn from the state’s 25 local government areas.

Baba said the loans were intended to help small-scale farmers acquire agricultural inputs, improve productivity and increase output in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

He explained that the trained officers would identify, register and verify eligible farmers involved in crop production, poultry, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture across the state.

The registration process, he said, would involve the digital capture of applicants’ photographs, biometric details, National Identification Numbers (NIN) and farm locations to establish their identities and verify their farming activities.

Each beneficiary is expected to receive N300,000, repayable within one year, with repayment scheduled to begin six months after farming activities commence.

Baba added that the agency would monitor how the loans were utilised and repaid in collaboration with the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), the Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) and local government desk officers to ensure accountability.

The Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Ibrahim Inga, described the intervention as a complementary Federal Government effort to support Niger State’s poverty reduction programmes.

He said the involvement of relevant stakeholders would promote transparency, ensure due diligence and help identify genuine farmers for the scheme.

Also speaking, the Governor’s Special Adviser on Social Investment Programme, Hauwa Mohammed, said the exercise formed part of the state’s implementation of GEEP, which comprises FarmerMoni, MarketMoni and TraderMoni.

Mohammed disclosed that desk officers had been equipped with tablets to digitally capture farmers and their farmlands.

She said the process would help prevent fictitious registrations and ensure that the loans reached genuine farmers across the state.

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