The federal government has signed a one hundred and eighty five million naira Technical Assistant Agreement grant with the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) Group in Marrakesh, Morocco.
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement by her Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Mr Paul Abechi. The signing took place during the forty-fourth ISDB Group Annual Meeting held in Marrakesh.
The minister told participants at the conference that the governments at the state level in Nigeria are doing their best to boost agriculture and food production.
Ahmed explained that the agreement grants would be used to address capacity building and equipment, as well as logistics upgrade in the Hajj Commission. She added that it was also aimed at the improvement of cotton, textile and garment value chain in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
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