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Ayade flags off CBN Borrowers Anchor program, commends Buhari


Prof. Ayade


By Emmanuel Ulayi

Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has commended
President Muhammadu Buhari for the introduction of the
Borrowers Anchor Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN).

Making the commendation at the flag off of the programme at
the Odukpani Local Government Area, Governor Ayade maintained
that it was the beginning of the emancipation of the nation.

His words: "We must seize this opportunity to thank President
Buhari for introducing this program. We must thank him because
if you follow the roadmap, plan and vision for this initiative, you
will definitely know that this is the beginning of the emancipation
of Nigerians from their continuous dependence on imported rice."
Governor Ayade who also lauded the CBN governor Mr Godwin
Emefiele, for the gesture reasoned that "the rice value chain
initiative remains a special ceremony that will increase rice
production in Africa because Nigeria is the epic centre of Africa."
Worried by the huge amount spent annually to import rice into the
country, the governor said: "This is what President Buhari wants
to stop because it has the nationalistic outlook to put an end to
the declining rate of the naira to the dollar. When we stop
importing rice, we will be adding value to our naira," pointing out
that "it is key that you appreciate at this point the CBN governor
and in particular, President Buhari, for it is a concept that we
must support."

According to Ayade, "the vision of trying to be self-sufficient in
rice production is critical but in Cross River State, we will add our
own dimension to it. The government of Cross River is going to
set up a proper professional food bank, the very first in Nigeria."
Continuing, the governor disclosed that "we are going to set up a
food bank, one in each local government area, the major essence
is to serve as the catallistic financial muscle that will pick up and
buy off every single seed of rice that you will produce."

Affirming that the state government will support CBN and the
Federal government in ensuring that farmers don't return to the
mundane way of farming, Ayade said: "The farming we are going
to do in Cross River State is going to be special because we are
known for class, style and beauty", adding that "we will provide an
agricultural mechanism centre to provide an industrialized support
for farming."

He reiterated the resolve of his administration to support the CBN
and the Federal government's initiative in ensuring that farmers
get all needed support required for a good yield that will lead to
the inclusion of other farmers into the program in the nearest
future.

"This conglomeration of agricultural value chain is coming in
handy at a time when we have a government that is sensitive and
focusing on agriculture, I believe that if we do this rice project
successfully, the rubber plantation will come in, the cocoa,
groundnut, banana and cotton will all come in and we have a new
horizon for business men," the governorBuhari



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