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The Central Bank of Nigeria has set aside over N5.7bn to give as loan to 10,000 farmers to encourage dry season wheat farming in Bauchi State.
The CBN Comptroller, Bauchi Branch, Saladu Idris, who disclosed this at the flag-off of the programme at the NUJ Secretariat in Bauchi on Thursday, said that 4,500 farmers had so far benefited in the state.
He said each farmer would be given N370,000 cash, six bags of urea, four bags of NPK fertilizer, pumping and spraying machines.
