Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday sought the partnership of the Federal Capital Development Administration (FCDA) and the various state governments to end the importation of milk and other dairy products in the country.

The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the partnerships the apex bank was seeking were in the areas of land allocation and guarantee of credits to small and medium enterprise farmers' cooperative societies.

Mr Emefiele, who spoke during his visit to the Minister of the FCT, Muhammad Bello, said the CBN will support projects and programmes by state governments to boost agricultural development.

During the visit, the CBN requested the FCT Minister to expedite action on the allocation of land...