{"id":69806,"date":"2023-03-06T10:55:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T09:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=69806"},"modified":"2023-03-06T10:55:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T09:55:17","slug":"cbn-says-loan-repayment-under-abp-stands-at-52-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/cbn-says-loan-repayment-under-abp-stands-at-52-39\/","title":{"rendered":"CBN Says Loan Repayment Under ABP Stands At 52.39%"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it remains committed to its developmental mandate of stimulating access to finance for the real sector, disclosing that total repayments as of the end of February 2023 under the Anchor Borrowers\u2019 Programme (ABP) stood at N0.503 trillion, representing 52.39 per cent, adding that the balance of N0.119 trillion was not due for repayment.<\/p>\n

The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Dr. AbdulMumin Isa, disclosed this in Abuja over the weekend while exchanging views with journalists on the performance of the ABP, revealing that the Bank had released the sum of N1.079 trillion, as of February 28, 2023, of which N0.960 trillion was due for repayment.<\/p>\n

According to him, the CBN ABP had supported about 4.57 million smallholder farmers at end-February, 2023, who cultivated over 6.02 million hectares of 21 commodities across the country.<\/p>\n

He listed the commodities as rice, wheat, cowpea, millet, maize, cotton, fish, soya bean, poultry, cassava, groundnut, ginger, sorghum, oil palm, cocoa, sesame, tomato, castor seed, yellow pepper, onions, and cattle\/dairy.<\/p>\n

Citing statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA), Dr. Isa noted that the ABP had contributed significantly to the increased national output of focal commodities, with maize and rice peaking at 12.2 and 9.0 million metric tonnes in 2021 and 2022, respectively.<\/p>\n

He said the programme had also helped to improve the national average yield per hectare of these commodities, with productivity per hectare almost doubling within the eight years of the Programme\u2019s implementation.<\/p>

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While further noting that repayments under the ABP are made through cash or produce by the beneficiaries, the Acting Spokesperson of the CBN stressed that the outstanding due balance on loans was still under moratorium due to the COVID-19 forbearance granted to beneficiaries of the Bank\u2019s interventions in March 2020 and extended to February 28, 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is pertinent to note that the tenor of loans under the ABP is based on the commodity gestation period. For instance, loans granted to farmers cultivating some perennial crops could have up to seven-year tenor,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Dr. Isa emphasised that the Bank\u2019s interventions, with the core objective of catalysing the economy’s productive base, have continued to support investments in capital assets in sectors with high-growth and employment- elastic potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Central Bank of Nigeria remains committed to its developmental mandate of stimulating access to finance for the real sector, particularly agriculture, as it continues to support the Federal Government\u2019s drive for food security and economic growth.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, the Central Bank of Nigeria continues to welcome applications from eligible Nigerian farmers and firms under the Anchor Borrowers\u2019 Programme,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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