Kano
state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has challenged potential
investor in the state’s agricultural sector to draw blueprints for the
state to exploit its vast yet largely untapped agricultural resources
food security, poverty mitigation and industrialization.
The
governor, who gave the charge while receiving a joint delegation from
Dantata Foods Nigeria Ltd. and Thomas Agriculture of UK, led by Alhaji
Tajuddeen Dantata at the Government House, Kano said the government is
willing to assist in implementing realistic proposals in the
agricultural sector in view of its importance.
He
said because of the huge population of Kano and its abundant water and
agricultural potentials, his administration is willing to provide
enabling environment for investors to fully develop the potentials for
common good.
“We
have the potentials and with the efforts of the Federal government to
tackle insecurity, investors now have nothing to fear in terms of
security”, Dr. Ganduje reassured, adding that Kano also has other
advantages that would make agricultural companies to thrive.
“For
instance, now that you are proposing to construct a modern abattoir,
this will provide raw materials to our leather tanneries since we have
the biggest tanneries in West Africa”, the governor highlighted.
Dr.
Ganduje assured that the government is also ready to mobilize farmers
to form cooperative societies so that they can produce and sell their
products at competitive rates to, as well as adapt extension services
from the prospective investors for enhanced productivity.
In
his remarks, the leader of the delegation, Alhaji Tajuddeen Dantata
said their consortium intends to invest in the agriculture value chain
in Kano especially in poultry and meat production in view for the
increasing demand for beef and chicken by fast food companies.
He
said they are also looking into the perishable products market for
local consumption and export and solicited the state government’s
support in terms of land with access to water, to enable them settle
down for business.
On
his part, Mr. Richard Thomas from Thomas Agriculture UK explained that
they would focus on large integrated agriculture to reduce the deficit
between production and consumption.
To the Executive Governor, Kano state
22/10/2015
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