{"id":92900,"date":"2025-02-02T21:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T21:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92900"},"modified":"2025-02-04T06:18:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T06:18:44","slug":"101-communities-farmers-groups-in-yobe-share-2-5m-for-agric-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92900","title":{"rendered":"101 communities, farmers&#8217; groups in Yobe share $2.5m for agric, economic development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">By <strong>Sam kaye<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The Yobe state government has initiated second disbursement of $2,525,000 non-interest Community Revolving Fund loan to 101 communities and farmers&#8217; groups in the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">During the launch, state governor, Mai Mala Buni noted that the fund was aimed at driving economic growth, provide employment opportunities and create wealth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">&#8220;It is an investment revolving facility sourced by the state government for communities and farmer groups to expand agricultural development and strengthen the role of communities in the management of their environment for economic prosperity.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92897\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92897\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/download-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/download-10.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/download-10-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">&#8220;This occasion is another milestone achieved by the state government by supporting 101 communities, and in line with our policy on youth empowerment, l have directed the allocation of 4,825 slots out of the total 7,340 slots to the youths for maximum engagement and benefit of the Community Revolving Fund loan programme&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">According to him, 10 Pilot communities in Damaturu and Nguru Local government areas received $25,000 (N32,500,000.00) each last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">&#8220;Reports reaching my office indicate that the benefitting communities and farmer groups have made good use of the facility, and commenced the repayment to sustain the revolving scheme, and\u00a0 afford others the opportunity to benefit&#8221; Gov. Buni added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">He charged the beneficiaries on judicious use of the loan and ensure repayment for the success of the programme to spur the government to introduce more incentives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">&#8220;We have a duty to join hands to effectively combat economic, environmental and other social challenges for the betterment of our people and the state&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The Governor commended ACReSAL for the smooth process of identifying and guiding the benefitting groups to qualify and benefit from the scheme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">He reiterated the readiness of Yobe state government for more partnership with the federal government and other partners to make life more meaningful to the people.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_250202_214700_050.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam kaye The Yobe state government has initiated second disbursement of $2,525,000 non-interest Community Revolving Fund loan to 101 communities and farmers&#8217; groups in the state.\u00a0 During the launch, state governor, Mai Mala Buni noted that the fund was aimed at driving economic growth, provide employment opportunities and create wealth.\u00a0 &#8220;It is an investment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":92896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5779,4,7],"tags":[6977,3313,20],"class_list":["post-92900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-agriculture","category-business","category-news","tag-2-5m","tag-communities","tag-yobe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}