Netherlands invests 5bn naira in Nigeria’s agriculture

The Netherlands is investing over 26 million Euros – over 5.3 billion naira – in Nigeria’s agric business for thousands of Nigerians, the Dutch ambassador to Nigeria, Bert Ronhaar has said.

Mr Ronhaar, who made this known when the special advocate on financial inclusion for development to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Princess Maxima of Netherlands, paid a visit to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development last night, said six million Euro is being spent on value-added chain for cassava thereby creating employment for 100,000 farmers.