Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN), has asked bandits to drop their arms and embrace the apex bank’s Anchor
Borrowers’ Programme (ABP).
Now in its fifth year, the ABP is the CBN intervention
programme for farmers aimed at boosting food production in the country.
In March 2021, the apex bank said 3.8 million farmers have
benefited from it, and N554.61 billion has been disbursed to the beneficiaries.
While answering questions at the end of a two-day monetary
policy committee meeting in Abuja, Emefiele said there is interconnectivity
between security and economy.
“If you want an economy to grow, the level of insecurity
must be low because if there is a high level of insecurity like what we see
today, the economy will suffer,” Emefiele said.
He said security institutions are doing their best to tackle
insecurity in the country.
“Efforts are now targeted at southeastern and northeastern
parts of the country. About three years ago, the federal government and the
United States signed a pact that resulted in a government to government
acquisition of military equipment,” he added.
“Out of which, we are expecting 12 fighter planes that would
help us solve our insecurity. I am aware that six of them are coming to the
country in the month of July and August.
“I, therefore, would like to appeal to our brothers, who
decide that they want to live in bushes and forests that they should please,
begin to retreat, drop their arms and come and embrace the anchor borrowers’
programme.
“If they do so, it will help them; if they choose not to do
so, they will be confronted by the security as this battle continues.
“I am optimistic before the end of the year, around the year
of the end, the security challenges confronting the country will substantially
abate.”
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