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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