Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Kano State, has said that from 2017 to 2019, over 90,000 Kano rice farmers benefited from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrower Scheme.

Alhaji Abubakar Haruna Aliyu, the state chapter chairman of RIFAN, said it was untrue to say the state has not benefited from the federal government intervention on rice.

According to him, rice farmers in Kano (both dry and wet season farmers) have been accessing the FG's intervention scheme.

In 2017, 24,000 farmers from 8 clusters in Kano State benefited from the scheme during the dry season farming period and in the 2018 wet season period, over 44,000 farmers from 11 clusters benefited.

Moreover, this year, 28,000 farmers from 7 clusters benefited," the chairman said.

The Anchor Borrower Scheme is said to benefit the farmers to a great extend.