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FCT Minister of State lauds President Buhari on SAPZ Inauguration

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in a chat with FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, at the official inauguration of the Special Agro Processing Zones in Abuja
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FCT Minister of State lauds President Buhari on SAPZ Inauguration

The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has said that the inauguration of the Special Agro Processing Zones (SAPZ) in the Federal Capital Territory, underscores the Administration’s huge potentials as one of the nation’s most-important growth zones from which economic prosperity could spread to engulf the country.

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in a chat with FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, at the official inauguration of the Special Agro Processing Zones in Abuja
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in a chat with FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, at the official inauguration of the Special Agro Processing Zones in Abuja

The minister stated this shortly after the official inauguration of the Special Agro Processing Zones by President Muhammadu Buhari, who was represented by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

In a press release issued and made available to Globaltimesnigeria.com by Austine Elemue, S.A Media To FCT Minister of State October 24, 2022. Said the FCT Administration will consciously work with the private sector entities to create jobs, and to execute programmes and projects that would contribute to the presidential target of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by the end of May 2029.

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FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mamud Abubakar at the inauguration of the Sapz is Abuja
FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mamud Abubakar at the inauguration of the Sapz is Abuja

According to her; “The FCT Administration has demonstrated seriousness by making the largest commitment of complementary counterpart investment among the states in the first phase of the SAPZ and we are set for implementation.”

She, however, commended the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), for the partnership to promote Nigeria’s agricultural development.

The minister specifically noted the interest of IsDB in Nigeria’s livestock sub-sector and in the choice of the FCT for its support in the first phase.

Speaking on the choice of livestock sub-sector for SAPZ development in the territory, Aliyu said it was intended to help end the incessant farmer-herder clashes, provide the opportunity for sedentarising nomadic pastoralists, enhance sub-sector productivity, promote mutual co-existence in an interdependent manner, and induce the rapid growth of agribusinesses and consequent socio-economic development.

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Aliyu further said; “our project design is based on three key pillars. First, we are providing the needed infrastructure and the enabling environment for key players in the sub-sector to establish presence as anchor investors.

“Secondly, we are providing the know-how and material support to small holder crop farmers and pastoralists to improve the availability and quality of inputs required by the anchor investors.

“Thirdly, we are providing the logistics and business development support to create linkages between the hub and the market, ensure cross-sector interactions in the territory’s economy, and birth the emergence of our SAPZ as a key driver of innovative and sustainable agricultural development in Nigeria”.

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She assured the would-be investors of favourable business environment in Paikon-Kore, stressing that it is about 30km to the Abuja international airport, about 9km to a national Trunk A highway, close to 176 Battalion of the Brigade of Guards, and proximate to the evolving north-south standard gauge railway networks.

 

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