Monday 25 July 2016

Anambra records $5m vegetable exports to Europe



That the country can earn huge foreign exchange in Agriculture has been confirmed as the Anambra State governor Chief Willy Obiano said the state earned $5m in vegetable exports to Europe.

The governor who spoke in Abuja in an interactive session he had with the People of Anambra living in the North central part of the country said that the concise Economic Blueprint, made up of The Four Pillars of Development; including Agriculture, Industrialization, Trade and Commerce and Oil and Gas he developed on assumption of office, has started yielding dividends.


Present at the gathering included the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, Dr Oby Ezekwesili both PDP and APC members of the National Assembly, former Governor Chinweoke Mbadinuju and several others that Anambra State Investment Agency, ANSIPPA.

Governor Obiano said, the mandate to attract and fast-track investments in the state has so far attracted over $4.2 billion deals to the state.

“The latest investment was sealed on Tuesday last week with Zolt Energy Limited willing to build a 40 megawatts Embedded Power Generating Plant in Ogbaru.

 “When completed in the next 18 months as scheduled, all the power generated from it will be distributed mainly in Anambra State.

“On the state of agriculture, “in January this year, Anambra made headlines when it became the first state in Nigeria to export vegetables (Ugu and Onugbu) valued at $5million to Europe.

“At the same time, our locally produced brand of rice known as Anambra Rice recently emerged the Best Rice in Africa at an African Products Forum in Lagos; he said.

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