SPEEDCRAFTS -
www.speedcraftslndla:eom www.speedcrafts.net
-
Contact Person Ashutosh Kumar
Nigeria Mobile No. 08131 083 462
Special Price " Benefits on
spot Bookilf9 5PE~~!)eFr1t~M;;''fS ~",&'n;.;Jrr~f,l~ Layak Bhawan, Boring Canal Road, Patna, INDIA Email: info@speedcraftslndia.com/lnfo@speedcrafts.net -
,Meet VS At :, >ll"!'!J\l'i\"i,1 11']:i£I, t~l)ii'!1 ".:la!. tv ?1tll FP.~~H_UY, ~€f! -,
I
T~p,[',::~r,,;lb[)l' m~~'€)cl, ;'I~iii)1 f",~'. '?r- :li~~ I'n(.c~~~.:, :'1:
':ltBth
Edo
over of agric loan
non-dis DO State farmers, under the umbrella of A1~ Farmers' Cooperative Society, on Tuesday, staged a protes in the premises of the state' Assembly in Benin, over nonavailability of loan facility. ! The farmers, displaying plac ards with various inscrip tions, expressed their dIS pleasure over the non-pay ment of the counterpa fund for the participation 0 the state in the Fadama II programme. They also criticised the stat government for not disburs ingthe state'sNI billion shar of the N200 billion agricol ture loan provided by th state government to the ben eficiaries. The spokesman for the farm ers, Nosa Amayo, said that a efforts by the farmers t make the state governmen wake up to its responsibili by prol'erly funding the agri cultural sector, had fallen 0 deaf ears. , "Today, we are in the second month of 2011, we hav patiently waited for the gov ernment to disburse thi loan to farmers, so that th . farmers can commence farml mg. "We want the government diversify from oil-based omy to agro-based so that we plus food for raw materials of new lllC'W'Lnle,.
E
' l
FINANCIAL FACILITIES Leasing Facilities Credit Facilities
The Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture, Mr Stephen Idehenre, who addressed the protesters, expressed solidarity with the farmers' agitation. Idehenre said that the house had the interest of the farmers at heart. "This is the first assembly, which has a farmer as the Chairman of the Committee on Agricolture. "I know you people are genuine farmers. I was in that struggle for the NI billion a.w!c loan before I came here. I am sure that by this your presentation today, the governor will hear it. We are already in the farming season. I am sure the money will come. I can assure you that the counterpart funding is included in this year's budget," he said. He also promised the farmers that the assembly would help them to lobby tlie governor to quickly release the counterpart funding.
ill Consulting
relinqUishes Europcar franchise A management consulting L'land executive training company in Nigeria· STI Consulting, has announced the decision of the board of directors to relinquish the franchise of Europcar. The reason behind this according to STI Consulting was to enable the company to pursue its core business of consulting and executive management development training. Accoraing to the Managing Director of STI Consulting, Abiodun Olusanya, "the decision to relinqUish the Europcar Franchise is a first step taken in charting a new strategic direction tfiat will reposition STI Consulting to fully realise its potential in Nigeria and West African subregion." Olusanya explained that Europcar Nigeria was a fran· chise aT Eurofcar International, and one 0 the leaders in the Nigerian car rental and leaSing market. He _<aid that the brand owner, EUfopcar International was a Paris based car rental compa· ny owned by the French Investment Company Eurazeo, after its sale by the Volkswagen group. The company, he said, was founded in Paris in 1949.an<\" the European leader in pas· senger car and light utility vehicle rentals, adding that it served business and leisure ' customers throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and t\sia Pacific. According to him, since its strategic alliance with Enterprise Holdings in the USA, Eurpcar operated the world's largest car rental net· work, with more than 1.2 mil· lion vehicles and 13000 loca· tions around the world. "The Nigerian franchise has noW been acquired by Fleet Masters, a Nigerian vehicle leasing and rental company, and will initially operate in Lagos, Abuja, Pon Harcourt, Enugu, calabar and Benin; he stated. To the Country manager of Europcar, Amaka OkwUdili, more Europcar locations will open before the end of the year.