Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme Bill, 2016
Ministry of Agriculture,Ministry of Rural development, Nigeria
This bill seeks to provide a regulatory framework for the agricultural credit fund which shall promote commercial agriculture in Nigeria, ensure credit support for production, storage and processing of target commodities, develop market and agricultural enterprise and for other related matters. Among other things, the scheme shall complement other special initiatives of the Central Bank of Nigeria in providing concessionary funding for agriculture such as the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGS) which is mostly for small scale farmers, interest Draw-back scheme, etc.
Process Flow
National Assembly ⬤
Office of the President ⬤
Contacts
Ahmad Lawan
Senate President
National Assembly
Muhammadu Buhari
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme Bill, 2016 Current Version
January 2022
This bill seeks to provide a regulatory framework for the agricultural credit fund which shall promote commercial agriculture in Nigeria, ensure credit support for production, storage and processing of target commodities, develop market and agricultural enterprise and for other related matters. Among other things, the scheme shall complement other special initiatives of the Central Bank of Nigeria in providing concessionary funding for agriculture such as the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGS) which is mostly for small scale farmers, interest Draw-back scheme, etc.
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