Nigeria, Dec. 10 -- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has inaugurated a new Board for the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF), with Governor Olayemi Cardoso outlining a broad agenda to modernise agricultural finance, expand credit access and strengthen oversight across Nigeria's food systems.

Mr Cardoso said the inauguration, which took place on Tuesday in Abuja, marked a turning point for one of the country's oldest development finance programmes.

He described the occasion as "a defining moment, a bold statement of intent that signals a new dawn for agricultural financing in Nigeria."

He noted that agriculture remained central to the economy, contributing more than one-fifth of GDP and employing nearly two-thirds of the ...