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Emefiele Sees Agriculture Not Surviving on High Lending Rates

Chris Pemu by Chris Pemu
April 13, 2016
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CBN Gov Godiwn Emefiele
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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has maintained that the agricultural sector would not survive on high commercial interest rates from banks.

Emefiele was speaking at the Nigerian Agri-Finance Conference, themed: “Catalysing the Diversification of the Nigeria Economy through Effective Agricultural Finance” held in Abuja.

Represented by CBN Deputy Governor, Corporate Services, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, the CBN Governor called for recommendations on how to better harness its enormous opportunities to diversify the Nigerian economy for sustainable growth.

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Emefiele revealed that the agricultural sector was larger than manufacturing and oil sectors combined, creating over 70 per cent of informal sector jobs in rural agriculture.

He further said that despite the Maputo declaration of 2003, which requested that African Governments should commit at least 10 per cent of their annual budget to the agricultural sector, the country had not met even half of the allocation to the agriculture industry.

The CBN Czar said: “With an annual food imports bill of over N630 billion (decreased from N1.3trillion), unemployment rate of 9.9 per cent, and poverty, economic diversification is no longer optional but a necessity to reposition our economy to attain inclusive growth and global competitiveness.”

According to him, the exclusion “Effectively barred importers of these items from accessing the official foreign exchange window.

This is expected to discourage importation and stimulate domestic production through increased investment.

Towards this end Government set self-sufficiency targets for some of these commodities. It is 2016, 2018 and 2019 for tomato paste, rice, and wheat, respectively.”

“These attempts at stimulating local production of agricultural commodities were to complement existing credit delivery initiatives to boost productivity through value chain approach.

“In this respect, you will agree that agriculture and agro-based industries remains most fundamental to these diversification efforts as a major contributor to the gross domestic product (GDP) in the country. Governments in other climes have also recognised the importance of the sector by providing incentives for its growth.”

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  1. Josiah Ilori says:
    April 13, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    Any effort made to promote agriculture and its allied products will undoubtedly enhance the economic base of Nigeria. By and large, the Federal Government should encourage any programme that is geared toward enhancing the capacity base of agriculture. A nation that is self sufficient in agriculture is a free nation which is capable of effectively standing on it own. A well fed nation has the capacity of diversification of it economy and move further to another area of industrialization. First and foremost, let us feed ourselves, then move to other areas of development. Negotiation for soft loan should be followed seriously in order to have a balanced reports from our operations. Hard core loans should be avoided by all means. A genuine agriculture loan giver must be prepared to be mindful of the risks that are involved with agriculture produce and must be willing to be liberal when giving such loan! China and other
    liberal nations should be helpful in this regard. Unfortunately, loans from the Western World may not be achievable because of their stringent qualification formalities! Conclusively, Nigeria must look for loans from friendly countries that are willing to bring about the much desired growth of the economy with special interest in agriculture.

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