Nigeria: NIRSAL Beats COVID-19 Scourge, Facilitates N148 Billion Agribusiness Investment
Nigeria: NIRSAL Beats COVID-19 Scourge, Facilitates N148 Billion Agribusiness Investment
Despite the COVID-19 scourge that disrupted the global economy last year, Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) says the pandemic is not potent enough to stop its giant strides.
“In the course of the last 13 months, we facilitated the flow of over N30 billion into agricultural value chains from commercial banks and other sources. Even though our operations suffered a stall during the lockdown of 2020, our technological depth gave us a pathway to return to work while remaining safe and socially-distanced.