Nigeria: World Bank Earmarks N800 Billion for Food Production

18 January 2010

Ilorin — World Bank under the Fadama agricultural projects 111 in Nigeria has set aside a sum N800million towards boosting food production and other social amenities across the 36 states of the federation.

The Kwara State Coordinator of the project, Mallam Usman Akanbi who dropped the hint in Ilorin over the weekend to newsmen said that the project would cover over five years.

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