How to apply for the Renewed Hope National Agricultural Mechanization Program – RHNAMP

The Renewed Hope National Agricultural Mechanization Program – RHNAMP, RHAMP or NAMP is the large-scale mechanization drive launched in 2025 under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope” agenda. The programme aims at rapidly increasing access to tractors, implements and mechanization services across Nigeria so smallholder farmers and mechanization service providers can boost productivity, reduce manual labor and increase incomes. The launch included the distribution / rollout of about 2,000 tractors and over 9,000 specialized farming implements (plus other industrial equipment and mobile workshops) that will be deployed through a service-provider / lease model.

The key implementing partners named in public announcements include the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and Heifer International (Heifer Nigeria), working with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMARD) and the Presidency to finance, manage and roll out the tractors and implements nationwide. It is publicly described that BOA/Heifer partnership operates a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) lease model with technical support, preventive maintenance via mechanisation hubs, and digital (IoT) tracking of equipment.

Why it matters: the scheme is designed to make mechanisation accessible without huge up-front costs, prioritise youth and women, create jobs and improve national food security by increasing cultivated area and yields. President Tinubu described the launch as the start of an agricultural renaissance and explicitly said that government is “fulfilling that promise” to modernize farming and “make farming more sexy to youths.”

How to Apply for the Renewed Hope National Agricultural Mechanization Program – RHNAMP

• Visit the official BOA portal: https://boanig.com, or directly https://boanig.com/namp/ for details about the program.
• Search the RHNAMP/RHAMP application section free of charge, and no fees are required.
• Fill in the online form with your personal information, business information, and supporting documents (proof of farmland access, business registration if applicable).
• Submission deadline: November 10, 2025 (strict—no extensions mentioned).
• Applications opened on November 6, 2025, so be quick because the window is short. For inquiries, please contact BOA directly at their website or check with the nearest branch. Do not seek unofficial channels to avoid scams.

What the program offers (practical summary)

• Equipment: Distribution of tractors (c.2,000) plus thousands of implements-ploughs, harrows, planters, harvesters, etc.-mobile workshops and industrial land-preparation equipment.
• Financing model: Pay-As-You-Go lease, generally with a lease term of 3–5 years, with a down payment requirement reported at around 25%, with reported interest/finance pricing in the public calls; reports cite a ~15% rate in some announcements; check the official BOA application for final terms. Technical support and preventive maintenance through mechanization hubs and mobile workshops is part of the package. Digital tracking (IoT) of machines will be used to manage usage and transparency.
• Priority groups should be youth-18-35 year olds, women-led enterprises, existing mechanisation companies and service providers, agripreneurs that can offer tractor-hire/ mechanisation services to farmers.

Who can apply – eligibility – common criteria reported

Eligible applicants typically include:

• Individual youth agripreneurs—often prioritised, age 18–35 years, actively engaged in agricultural mechanisation or ready to operate mechanisation services.
• Women entrepreneurs or women-led mechanization ventures- usually with special terms and in priority.
• Mechanisation companies / cooperatives / service providers seeking to scale their fleet and operate tractor-hire services.
• Applicants need to demonstrate operational readiness, a viable service plan (how they deploy the tractor, service area, crop types), and their capability to meet down payment/lease obligations.

Note that exact eligibility/priority details and any quotas (state allocations, youth/women set-asides) will be specified in the official BOA application page and press call — always use the official application page to confirm current specifics.

Applicants must be Nigerian citizens or registered agribusinesses, demonstrate access to farmland/clusters (minimum 500 hectares within 50km radius per tractor), have an operational base in an agricultural zone, employ or commit to trained operators, and show repayment capacity through mechanization income

How beneficiaries actually benefit: what to expect

• Lower up-front cost to access modern tractors and implements compared with outright purchase.
• Income from mechanisation services: tractor-hire to many farmers, land preparation contracts, harvesting services, short-term renting. This would yield enough income to service lease repayments.
• Technical & maintenance support through mechanization hubs: reduce down-time and prolongs asset life.
• Development of skills: operators and technicians receive training that develops long-term capacity and provides jobs.
• Digital traceability/transparency through IoT tracking helps promote accountability and usage-based payments.