Nigeria: NGO Targets 3,600 Cassava Processors For Soft Loan

Abeokuta — A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Sustainable Livelihoods and Development Network for Africa (SLIDEN Africa), has begun the process of empowering no less than 3,600 cassava processors as part of its efforts to alleviate poverty among the peasants.

Under the arrangement, which is being sponsored by the World Bank and the University of Agriculture Micro Finance Bank, SLIDEN Africa also hopes to touch the lives of no less than 600 goat farmers, with the prospect of raising their income per annum to the tune of $300.

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