President Bola Tinubu is about to launch an Agro Processing Zone and the Minna Airport in Niger State on Monday.
This announcement was made by Governor Mohammed Bago in Minna, the capital of Niger State, throughout a ceremony the place he was honoured because the Grand Patron of the Niger State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ.
Journalists got a tour of the airport and the agro-processing zone, each of that are primed for launch by President Tinubu.
The governor revealed that the airport stands at a formidable 99 p.c completion price, with solely minor clean-up operations remaining.
He said that with roughly 1,000 hectares of land obtainable, the state is poised to turn into a serious participant within the North Central aero hub.
He stated that drip irrigation shall be employed for greenhouses throughout the agro-processing zone, marking what’s anticipated to turn into the biggest such facility on the African continent.
Bago Additional defined {that a} devoted space throughout the airport will facilitate the swift transportation of recent greens and fruits each domestically and internationally.
Governor Bago additionally said that there are one other 1,000 hectares on the opposite aspect of the aisle, moreover the primary 1,000 hectares that will be used for dairy merchandise and exported to different states and internationally.
“On the opposite aspect of the land, there may be one other 1,000 hectares the place we’re going to have dairy merchandise.
“The meat and all the things leaving right here shall be moved to the remainder of the world. You already know Niger State sells a mean of half one million cattle to Nigerians and outdoors Nigeria day by day.
“So, I should redirect it in a means that you just don’t want to move these cattle in any respect and in Niger State you may take the meat that’s frozen anyplace and it’ll create employment, create a price chain” Bago stated.
