Nigeria: Borno Farmers Get N787 Million World Bank Support

10 February 2015

Maiduguri — The World Bank Insurgency Relief Fund has provided N787million for four farming communities to invest in agricultural activities for sustainable income and food security in Borno State.

Presenting cheques for the amount yester-day in Maiduguri, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Hajiya Inna Galadima, urged the benefitting communities to make use of the funds by investing it in farming for their income and food sustainability, saying using the funds for the purpose intended is the only way to sustain the programme.

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