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Sterling Bank Plc says it has entered into a partnership with Mercy Corps to train more than 90, 000 farmers on better agricultural practices to improve output and grow the sector.
In a statement on Monday titled ‘Sterling Bank partners Mercy Corps, to train 90, 000 rural farmers’, it said this was part of efforts to improve agriculture in Nigeria.
It stated that the programme tagged, ‘Feed the future Nigeria rural resilience activity is a five-year programme funded by United States Agency for International Development, under the USAID’s Feed the Future Project.
Giving details of the intervention during the official signing of the Memorandum of Understanding which held virtually, the Group Head, Agriculture, and Solid Mineral Finance, Sterling Bank, Bukola Awosanya, said the partnership with Mercy Corps Nigeria was in tandem with the financial institution’s commitment to the economic recovery of the country as recession and food
Sterling Bank’s health technology partner, Zipline has signed a service level agreement with Kaduna State Government for the implementation of drones in the health supply chain system.
Zipline, is a global drone delivery service and will use autonomous delivery drones to help transform emergency healthcare and expand access to critical life-saving medications in the State.
Divisional Head, Health and Education Sector, for Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Obinna Ukachukwu, who disclosed this in Kaduna, during the signing of the partnership’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) said that the delivery services does not only include daily medical supplies such as blood pints and medicines but also includes a plan to use the drones in the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines across the state.
Sterling Bank facilitates funding for agro-dealers with improved trading platform tribuneonlineng.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneonlineng.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.