This was disclosed by the apex bank’s Director Corporate
Communications Department, Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, during a special day at the
43rd Kaduna international trade fair.
According to Nwanisobi, “a total of 4,478,381 smallholders
farmers who cultivated 5.2 million hectares of farmland across the country and
created 12.5 million direct and indirect jobs have received N948 billion under
the Anchor Borrowers Program (ABP).”
“The recently launched Tertiary Institutions
Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES) is expected to unleash the potential of Nigerian
graduate entrepreneurs by providing re-orientation, training and innovative
financing model that will enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem with
transformational impact on the economy.”
“The broad objective of the 100 for 100 policy in production
and productivity (PPP) is to boost production and productivity, necessary to
transform and jumpstart the productive base of the Nigerian economy.”
“It is also expected that the initiative will reverse the
nation’s over reliance in imports, by creating an ecosystem that targets and
supports the right companies and projects with potential to immediately transform and Kickstart the productive base of the economy.”
“About N23.20 billion has been disbursed to encourage
financial inclusion; reduce cost of processing cash and enable direct welfare
disbursement to citizens.”
“The continued modernization of our payments system and
increasing number of fintech solutions that offer new capabilities to
consumers, lend credence to the launch of the Central Bank of NIgeria Digital
Currency (CBDC), the eNaira which he said will improve the availability and
usability of central bank money.”
“Let me reassure you that the Central Bank of Nigeria under
the leadership of Mr. Godwin Emefiele will continue to be a people focused
Central Bank promoting confidence in the economy and enabling an improved
standard of living,” he said.
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