Glo, LASG Launch M-Agric Lottery Service to Enhance Food Sufficiency, Empower Farmers | Prestige News

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Digital services and telecommunications company, Globacom, has unveiled M-Agric, an agricultural support service that guides users through practical, step-by-step processes of managing successful farming businesses across Livestock, Aquaculture, Cash Crops and Value-Additions.

In a statement in Lagos, Globacom said it partnered with the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture on the service to motivate young, savvy, and informed Nigerians to engage in farming, thereby driving the country towards food sufficiency and affordability.

“M-Agric is a lottery service which gives practical tips aimed at helping users grow their own food and earn extra income from exploiting the full potential in the agricultural sector.  It offers users the opportunity to receive daily, weekly or monthly messages on agricultural tips on their mobile devices and to answer trivia questions on the service to win fantastic cash prizes, farm equipment and internship opportunities”, Globacom explained.

The company stated that subscription to the service is charged at NGN 50/daily, NGN 200/Weekly and NGN 500/Monthly, adding that the service has a free trial for 24 hours for new and existing prepaid and postpaid subscribers. it added that a draw will conducted on the last day of every week during which participants who have subscribed and correctly answered the trivia questions will be eligible for the draw.

Globacom said, “Winners in the lottery service are selected based on their performance in the trivia questions associated with each agricultural package. The top scorers in the quiz are eligible to win fantastic prizes during the lottery draw which holds on the last day of every week. Two winners will be picked among participants that get full scores in the trivia and they will win fantastic prizes”.

It explained further that users are allowed to answer only three questions on the topic received for the day and win instant airtime or cash rewards based on performance, adding that would-be participants should dial _20791_2# and follow the prompts to win in the lottery service.