President Bola Tinubu is expected to inaugurate an agro-processing zone, agric equipment and the remodelled Minna International Airport on Monday.
Gov. Mohammed Umaru-Bago of Niger said while inspecting the projects on Saturday, that about 2,000 hectares would be utilised for the agro-processing zone project.Bago said about 1,000 hectare would be utilised for drip irrigation and green houses while an additional 1,000 hectare was specifically for processing of dairy products.
“We don’t need to transport these cattle by road at all, you can take the meat that is frozen from the airport to anywhere and it will create employment, enhance value chain,” the governor added.“We are constructing about 140 kilometres of water irrigation channels to this place from Shiroro dam,” he said.“This project is an ambitious 50-year programme, but the first phase will be finished in the next few years so that Mr. President can commission it.
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture announced that the Federal Government has agreed to suspend the enforcement of the recently introduced Expatriate Employment Levy . The decision comes after a meeting between NACCIMA and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, and the Minister of Interior, according to a…
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country's northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years.
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