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From Uche Usim, Abuja
Seven debtor companies who got a cumulative loan of N5.7 billion under the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Anchor Borrower’s Programme (ABP) have been given a final Demand Notice (DN) to pay up or await legal but unsavory means to recover the money.
The final DN was written through the issuing bank, NIRSAL Microfinance Bank (NMFB), and addressed to the seven debtor firms.
The development, according to NMFB, was sequel to a directive from the apex bank directing it to recover all non-performing intervention loans it granted under the ABP.
The debtors are; Sadolen Interworld Limited, with Saidu Audu Adaji and Nura Musa Hassan as promoters with a current exposure of N2,050,831,880.50, Gum Arabic Farms and Commodities Limited, with Alhaji Yusuf Ibrahim Babangida as promoters and a current exposure of N1,220,957,105.30, and Prime Synergy Global Solutions Limited with Mercy Ikeji and Jennifer Nyesom-Effiong as promoters with an exposure of N1,451,720,437.00.
Others are: Asuj Food Production and Processing Limited, with Abubakar Umaru Jibrilla as the promoter with an exposure of N581,416,350.39,
Souvenire Seeds Nigeria Limited with Roseline Omokora as the promoter and an exposure of N158,184,197.50 and Con Investment Limited with Lady Josephine Nwaeze as the promoter with a current exposure of N211,605,477.96.
According to NMFB, earlier Demand Notices have been issued by NMFB to the last known addresses of the aforesaid customers, adding the statement now serves as the final demand notice.
The ABP was launched on November 17, 2015, in Kebbi State by President Muhammadu Buhari and the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele. The ABP was aimed at creating a linkage between anchor companies involved in processing and smallholder farmers of key agricultural commodities like cereals (rice, maize, wheat, etc.), cotton, roots and tubers, sugarcane, tree crops, legumes, tomato and livestock.
