The Bank of Agric has disclosed that 98 percent of female farmers in Osun State are creditworthy and reliable in paying back money they took from the bank as loan in the past.
The Manager of BOA, Mr Isaac Faniyi Ojo disclosed this during the 2018 Farmers’ Open Day held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Research and Training Farm, Ago-Owu, Osun State.
The event which was designed to lift the spirit of the farmers was tagged Odun Alagbinla and was organised by the Office of Economic Development and Partnerships (OEDP) and the State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MSFS) in collaboration with All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN).
Faniyi Ojo lamented that majority of male farmers were in the habit of refusing to repay loan when they take money from the bank to help them improve and expand their farming activities.
According to him “BOA usually encounter serious problem in retrieving money giving to majority of male…
