BOI Offers Single-Digit Interest Loans to Media Organizations

The Federal Government says media organizations will now have access to single-digit interest loans through the Bank of Industry (BOI).

The Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this on Monday at the Third Ministerial Sectoral Update at the National Press Centre in Abuja.

Idris urged media houses to develop bankable proposals to enable them to benefit from the loans, which would be facilitated through the Ministry of Trade and Investment as well as the BOI.

The minister made the announcement while giving an update on the achievements of the ministry as part of activities marking the first anniversary of President Bola Tinubu.

Kyari revealed that as part of efforts to address food and nutrition security, the government has launched the dry season farming with the cultivation of 118,657 hectares of wheat in 15 states in acceleration of all-year-round farming. He also said the government has procured and distributed to all states and the Federal Capital Territory, 58,500 metric tones of milled rice to dampen escalating prices and the fortification of crops with vitamin A micronutrient to enrich the nutrition content and health value of commodities.

In response to persistent food inflation, the minister explained that the government has taken measures to distribute 60,432 metric tones of improved seeds, 887,255 metric tones of seedlings and 62,328 metric tones of inorganic fertilizers and equipment to farmers across different value chains to enhance production.