VP SHETTIMA GOVERNORS BACK STATE LEVEL AGRO INDUSTRIAL ZONES
Following Vice President Kashim Shettima’s Agro-Industrial visit to Benin Republic, Six state governors have pledged to draw practical lessons from the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone as Nigeria intensifies efforts to establish agro-industrial processing hubs, revive domestic manufacturing and create employment.
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State House Correspondent Abdurrahman Jibrila Reports that the governors spoke after the inspection of the integrated industrial zone near Cotonou, where cotton, cashew nuts, soybeans and other agricultural commodities are processed into finished and semi-finished products.
The governors said the GDIZ model demonstrated how deliberate government policy, reliable infrastructure and private-sector investment could link farmers to processors, reduce the export of raw commodities and create jobs across agricultural and manufacturing value chains.
The visit as an African peer-learning mission intended to help Nigerian states avoid costly mistakes and adopt tested industrial practices.
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