GOVERNOR SHERIFF SAYS HE WILL CAPITALISE ON THE POTENTIALS OF THE SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC ZONES TO CREATE OVER 50,000 JOBS 05-11-24
By Sadiq Aminu Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, says his administration will take advantage of the potentials of the Special Agricultural Economic Zones to create over fifty thousand jobs for the well being and economic prosperity of the people.
The Governor stated this in Asaba when he received a team of officials from the African Development Bank, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, as well as the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, and the National Cereal Research Institute led by Doctor Chuma Ezedinma.
Governor Oborevwori who thanked the delegation for shortlisting Delta State among the successful states for the programme, gave an assurance that his administration would do everything possible to make the programme a success.
The Delta State Governor noted that the programme would enhance food security, agro-processing, employment creation, export earnings, infrastructural development with its overall effect on the state’s Gross Domestic Product.
He said Delta was endowed with arable land suitable for cultivation of palm fruits, casava, maize, yams, plantain and all sorts of vegetables, saying the Special Agricultural Processing Zone would be a strategic addition and would be hugely successful.
The Team Lead, Doctor Chuma Ezedinma said Delta State had been shortlisted for the second phase of the Special Agricultural Economic Zones programme and lauded the state government for it’s Special Purpose Vehicle model which according to him was unique and a pacesetter.
“Delta State has Economic Zone Management Company designed to manage the industrial zones within the area. Delta has adopted the Public Private Partnership approach which is fundamental for the bank.