MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LOAN PORTFOLIO IN THE NIGERIAN AGRICULTURAL AND COOPERATIVE BANK LIMITED

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1996-11
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NASIRU, SHEHU
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Various governments in Nigeria have recognised the fact that the absence of an agricultural credit Institution in the country is one of the major impediments to agricultural development. The Nigerian Agricultural and co-operative Bank limited (NACB) was established in 1972 to provide the much needed credit to farmers to enable them increase their farm output. Presently, the Bank has seven zonal offices that supervise seventy branch offices nation wide. This study is an attempt to highlight the problems associated with agricultural lending in NACB. The study outlined the procedures and regulations that individual and corporate applicants have to follow and comply with in order to have their loans approved. The study highlighted the following as major problems in agricultural lending. a. Delayed-processing of loan Application. b. High costs of both labour and inputs. L. Rising cost of both labour and inputs which usually makes agricultural projects planning nearly impossible. In order to solve the above problems, the following major recommendations are made in order to speed up , processing of loan applications. a. Branch Managers should be given mandate to approve certain amount of loan volume. b. Tax clearance certificate should be waived for SHS and large scale individual clients. c. Committee meetings in which loan applications are considered should be held more frequently.
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A STUDY OF KANO ZONE BEING PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, •IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE Of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) NOVEMBER, 1996
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MANAGEMENT,, AGRICULTURAL,, LOAN PORTFOLIO,, NIGERIAN,, AGRICULTURAL,, COOPERATIVE,, BANK LIMITED
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