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Sunday, June 10, 2012 · ntlSDAY, THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER
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TIlllgS Disrupt Eye Award
Only Anambra People Can Assess Me, Says Obi
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SIa.. ""'~nor, Mr Petei SilId he ha!; bud a
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m""fnimgrowth ror
stale
01 a ne.lr-
zero Situatlon when he came on bo.mi six }'1!a1"i ago to ,.,-hal it is now slating rhat anh- Anambrol obm'ts can ~Lly Il<liie!iI5Ius per-
From
ararl~s
fonnancr WlUlU1the~. It was lOr this reason. he
said. he retentJy subjected his Mlmmistnthon to pubtic 'CUliny through the <;fail' peer review mechanism in the beiief thalli win enharKl'
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and delhyry 01
demXr.Icy div;dends 10 the
~'f'Oke yemday at an
interitCbW'
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With
newsmen in his IOOg(' ,11 Awka. the state caPIto'll during wluch he reacted to ,. questaon put to tum 00 U'r i!.6ues raised by former MinJsUoor 0( Federal Capital
Agric Credit: CBN Disburses N189bn oventOf of Central "', nk of Nigenil, Mallam Si"tnu51
From James Emejo
Lamldo SanUSl, said
jOintly mganisrd by CBN and Umon Bank oIl-Jlgeria Pic. Saml'l;l <;oIid il nad become oilicai for the \'Jest Afncan "-'SKIn to recogni!'e agriculture 115 a serious buSIness enlerprlse wluch needed to be SCilJcd-tlp through lIlI"IO\'lItion and appbcation t>f technology U1 order 10 achIeve sustainable and 1I11::hlSl\~ growth m the ron-
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Ogu Sues for Peace Ure
M1Sl5ion •
the sum etl NI8c:l294 t'orlliOll had '10 fur ':oeoen released to provide tundmg for agnculture along t11f' value cham. He ~lid the money, provided under the Commercia! A~ncuhurt" CJedil Scheme, which WasaellE'd m 2(XlQ to promote commcn.ial agrirullur.tl l!flterpri.'ie§ in the counll"\' was dlSbul'led to 2.lI ~K'iane"i including 2f1l pm'ale promott'A and JO Stale Governments whIm had iln'l"'wd NJ7 billion a!< at May JI. 2012. ~aking in Abup ye5lerday at the opemng cerem0ny' of a two-day African Rural Agncultural Credit ~
Africa
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As9ociation
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Chain through which WaiS
Innovati(>n~
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in 11""ja
tlllenl Tht> OJN g~J\'emor was represented al illC'OC'Citsioo by deputy-governor (operahons), caN, Mr Suleman Barau He ..poke at the AFRACA workshop. HIS propoooal orne on a dol)' the group managmg director/chief executive, Umon BanI.. , Funke Osibodu, dl!lclosed th.lt the ~nk had currently ~vm out about N40 billion In agnculturnlloarlslo over 6O.0:0f~
FG Plans Pension Scheme for Migrant Workers From lames Emejo itlAbuja ~I 01 the country. He added thai
towards the
~I WiI!'i
am v.:orbng
10 ~ II saluatJon whm!t.tY m~ ('Of unskiDI!d worker; would t'C subimed 10 har;h woriJng oonditirom ~WIl'
tlw-yareTWlt frmlany el&v.d . <;peaking m Ahuja al the
~~oI. meehl'S
d Ihe Worktng group for \-.et
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