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February 24, 2020
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development incollaboration with African Development Bank, AfDB would promote and developSpecial Agro-Industrial Processing Zones, SAPZs in the country.
The Minister of State, Mustapha Baba Shehuri said thecollaboration is aimed at enabling both local and foreign partners to advancethe level of trade and investments in the agricultural sector as a veritablestrategy to diversify the economy.
He made this known during the Ecobank Agribusiness Summitwith the theme, “Unlocking Productivity and Investment Opportunities acrossNigeria’s Agribusiness Value Chain”.
Shehuri noted the need for a sustainable synergy andcollaboration of all the relevant stakeholders including the financial sectoras well as governments at various levels and the development partners.
He said within the overall set of policy principles, theFederal Government is concentrating on providing an enabling environment and alevel playground for stakeholders at all levels to enhance investment andcapital flow into the agric sector.