{"id":8345,"date":"2013-08-14T14:45:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T14:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/world-bank-extends-execution-of-fadama-programme\/"},"modified":"2013-08-14T14:45:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T14:45:18","slug":"world-bank-extends-execution-of-fadama-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/world-bank-extends-execution-of-fadama-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank extends execution of Fadama programme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Citizens platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The World Bank has extended the Fadama III programme in Nigeria from three to four years.<\/p>\n

According to the South -West Fadama Zonal Coordinator, Mr. Rasaq Salau, the bank also approved N200 million dollars for the execution of the programme which would begin full implementation in January 2014.<\/p>\n

Salau stated this Wednesday in an interview in Ondo state.<\/p>\n

He said that all the states in the federation would participate in the programme, which would concentrate on the Agricultural Transformation Agenda of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe programme will involve people who are into production to go into value addition as well as branding and packaging in all crops.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Federal Government is determined to stop rice importation by 2015 and the minister of Agriculture has been charged to ensure that only quality rice is produced.<\/p>\n

\u201cFadama will handle the money on behalf of the Federal Government for the project,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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