The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, together with the Ministry of Finance, yesterday, expressed readiness to partner the Enugu State Government in the development of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SPAZ) in the state.
This was in line with the promise made to the people by the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, that his administration would establish SAPZ in the three senatorial zones of the state as a way of harnessing commercial agriculture, food production, and rural areas into economic zones.
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Economy, Wale Edun, who was represented by Dr. Akande Oyetola of the African Financial Institutions, while leading the team to Enugu State, described their visit to the proposed over 1,000 hectares of land earmarked for the pilot project as a preparatory mission to ascertain the level of preparedness of the state government for the…
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