{"id":1782,"date":"2026-05-24T17:32:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:33:04","slug":"ifad-promotes-financial-inclusion-of-small-scale-farmers-as-life-nd-project-trains-beneficiaries-on-payment-system-remittance-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/2026\/05\/24\/ifad-promotes-financial-inclusion-of-small-scale-farmers-as-life-nd-project-trains-beneficiaries-on-payment-system-remittance-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"IFAD Promotes Financial Inclusion of Small-scale farmers, as LIFE-ND Project Trains Beneficiaries on Payment System, Remittance, Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To sustainably increase the banking, credit, affordable savings and micro-insurance policies of the rural Small-scale farmers, the Abia State Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta, LIFE-ND Project, an International Fund for Agricultural Development-backed Project, on Thursday, May 21, 2026, in Umuahia, trained its beneficiaries on payment system, remittance and insurance activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7625-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1785\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7625-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7625-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7625-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7625-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7625-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\">Mr Lucky Ubani, Financial Inclusion Specialist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the event, the Financial Inclusion Specialist, Mr Lucky Ubani, who represented the LIFE-ND Project Coordinator Uchenna Rowland Onyeizu, Ph.D., CEnv, said the training was directed at introducing the beneficiaries, who are mainly Small-scale farmers, to digital systems, using Point of Sale, PoS machines, mobile phones, among others, to enhance their businesses transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He enjoined participants to indemnify their businesses against any sudden loss, saying that engaging in insurance is a wise decision of any astute businessman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Project invited Moniepoint and Microfinance bank managers to introduce their packages, including payment systems that will fasten business transaction even in the rural areas where their businesses are situated\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7627-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1786\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7627-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7627-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7627-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7627-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7627-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\">Cross section of participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The participants who are majorly marketing and production entrepreneurs of rice, poultry, cassava, oil palm processing, including their various value chains, had their skills built on the possibility of using the digital systems to qualify for loans within the sum of <s>N<\/s>5 million to <s>N<\/s>100 million, based on the scale of their businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He disclosed that accessing such credit or loans would be a product of commitment, transactional turnover that would facilitate easy repayment, adding that the moratorium allowed for such re-payment is however limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260524-WA0000t-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1787\" 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reasonable interest, advising that \u201cspare money\u201d deposited in commercial banks might be a source of misery, constantly subjected to unnecessary charges that undermine business growth, while increasing poverty rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stating conditions for PoS machine and loans, he listed, having PoS terminal, verifiable physical shop, extent of turnover, eligibility of account details, qualifies applicants to access loans in Moniepoint and microfinance facilities, encouraging that very high amounts could be considered through \u201cmodification\u201d process of sustainable statement of account and ability of repayment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He advised Small-scale farmers to add benefit to their businesses by embracing \u201cmoney book\u201d an inventory system that can manage businesses even without the owners\u2019 presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7618r-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\">Ufomba Chinweuba Ogechi, a participant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acknowledging the impact of the training, a participant, Ufomba Chinweuba Ogechi, Hearty Consumables Enterprise, Amaise Umuokereke, Ngwa, Obingwa Local Government Area, said the training had improved his business transaction process, having been taught the skills of money transfers and payment systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7620d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1790\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\">Mrs Chika Chisom Macdonald, a participant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another participant Mrs Chika Chisom Macdonald, Abayi Ohanze Obingwa Local Government Area, said she learnt the processes of transactions using the mobile phones and PoS machines, saving her from the stress of going to the cities for banking transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7616-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1791\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7616-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7616-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7616-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7616-768x512.jpg 768w, 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