I started my career in Kaduna State, with the Kaduna State Farmer Supply Company, which was financed by the World Bank. The company generally engaged in providing agricultural equipment. The nature of my work at that time was to import farm implement, agricultural seeds, and also buy excess grains and cotton. At that time, we usually imported some of the seeds from Switzerland and The Netherlands, and as a young worker, I used to travel to those countries.
In recent times, you have been engaging with different stakeholders, especially in the area of disbursing the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund. What is the update on that? Some people have just been making assumptions. I have only been in office as the DG of NIMASA for three years. I may not be in a position to argue, but public funds are not that easy to move illegally. Yes, there is a lot of fraud in the system as a result of tampering with some internal control mechanisms; but, to the best of my knowledge, the minister of transportation is aware of what is in the CVFF.
One can hardly satisfy human beings. The act and guidelines have been in existence for about 20 years. The House of Representatives has passed the bill, and it is due to go to the Senate for concurrence. Where were those stakeholders when that progress was ongoing? They did not complain until now, when we are going to disburse.
NIMASA has been able to achieve success in the area of suppressing piracy. What were the strategies employed to achieve this result? Those are some of the things we put in place to bring an end to the issue of insecurity. And, since mid-2021 till now, there has been no form of attack.
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