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China Partners With Nigeria To Boost Food Production

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The Peoples Republic of China has expressed its readiness to a partnership with Nigeria to boost food production in the country.

Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria  Zhou Pingjian, who made the promise said  the support would come through the provision of loan facilities to small and medium scale farmers and manufacturers through the China Development Bank.

He spoke on Wednesday in  Abuja  when he paid a visit to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh.

Pingjian  said the bank had over N10 billion which could be loaned to farmers and manufacturers in the country to boost agricultural production.

“This visit and partnership is the aftermath of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to China.

“This loan facility will work just like the Anchor Borrowers scheme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

“Agriculture is one of the priority areas that we want to support Nigeria,’’ he said.

Ogbeh appealed to the Chinese Government to assist the country in developing processing machines that could facilitate mechanised agriculture.

He listed some agricultural products that needed adequate processing to meet international standards.

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Nigeria Partners S/Arabia On Security, Stable Oil Market

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President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated Nigeria’s support for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its efforts to stop the spread of terror in the Middle East.

President Buhari said this on Tuesday at a meeting with King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz in Riyadh, where the two leaders engaged in extensive discussions on regional and global issues.

President Buhari, who was making his first pronouncement on the invitation to join the coalition of Islamic States against terror, congratulated the kingdom of Saudi Arabia on its formation.

“Even if we are not a part of it, we support you. I must thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the recent creation of a coalition to address the menace of international terrorism.

“Nigeria will support your efforts in keeping peace and stopping the spread of terror in your region. This is in consonance with our own commitment and ongoing efforts in seeking to stamp out Boko Haram terrorists from the West African sub-region and Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC),” the President said.

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FG Partners With NASCO To Produce ‘Special’ Biscuit For Free School Meal

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In keeping to its campaign promises of providing quality education in the country, the Federal Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with NASCO Foods limited, Jos for commercial production of high nutrient density biscuit for the national school feeding programme.

Speaking at the occasion at the weekend, the Director General and CEO, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), Dr. Mrs. Gloria Elemo, said the MoU was meant to provide a strategic guide for the collaboration between the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Federal Institute – of Industrial Research Oshodi and Nasco Foods Limited, Jos on commercial production of High Nutrient Density Biscuit.

The initiative was an innovation of FIIRO for the National School Feeding Programme in the spirit of the Public-Private Partnership promoted by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The FIIRO boss stated that the strategic collaboration was one of the approaches that the institute considered and adopted to partner with relevant organizations that can make’ significant contributions to the realization of its mandate.

‘‘This is based on the realization that an Institute- on its own cannot· make the much desired impact without collaborating with relevant organizations. Collaboration with strategic partners/organizations which could commercialize the Institute’s many innovations.’’

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