Officials of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending NIRSAL have visited Ekiti State to assess the effectiveness of the policies of the Fayemi administration in the agricultural sector.
They met officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Ado Ekiti in the first phase of a rating exercise targeted at State Governments, Banks, Insurance Companies.
TVC News Correspondent, Akin Ogunmola reports that the NIRSAL delegation led by a Consultant during a courtesy visit to the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Devt informed the Political Head of the ministry that the results of the pilot phase would be used to design a comprehensive roll-out of the Ratings Programme for interested stakeholders.
The visit was an opportunity for the Commissioner to give an insight to the importance, the Fayemi administration attached to agriculture which is one of the five pillars of the government.
The NIRSAL delegation later went into a technical session with a team from the ministry for the assignment which brought them to Ekiti State.
The Consultant thereafter briefed newsmen about the role of NIRSAL in the agricultural sector. He said the objective of the NIRSAL ratings exercise is to boost the flow of finance to the agricultural sector.
