Nigeria, Jan. 17 -- The $1billion loan facility under the Federal Government 'Green Imperative' scheme will facilitate jobs creation, food security and self-sufficiency, Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has said.

The minister was speaking at the official launching of the project by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

She said the scheme is one of the products of the government's diversification initiatives aimed at boosting growth and economic development in all the 774 Local Government Areas of the country.

"The positive results the loan will yield under the 'Green Imperative' initiative in the agricultural sector, will no doubt transform the country's economic landscape," she said in a statement sent to ...