SAPZ: Imo, Kaduna, Ogun, Oyo, FG, AfDB sign pact in Côte d’Ivoire
Dikachi Elemba
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By Dikachi Elemba, in Owerri. Launches, takes off end of February Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, the focal governor for four states in Nigeria for the unveiling of the first phase of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme, has pledged the full commitment of his administration and the state to it. […]
MAN seeks Ikpeazu’s intervention over outrageous revenue demands
Chris IkosaDecember 23, 2021
By Dikachi Elemba, in Owerri. The Imo/Abia branch of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has appealed to governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to intervene and halt the prevailing outrageous revenue demands by various revenue agencies in the state. The message was conveyed by Jude Eluma, chairman of the branch, who also […]
Cross River drives cocoa production with 100,000 nurseries support for farmers
Onome AmugeDecember 15, 2021
The Cross River State government said it has intensified its commitment towards becoming a leading cocoa producer with the provision of 100,000 cocoa nurseries to help revamp cocoa farms in the southern senatorial district of the state. The gesture, according to Ben Ayade, governor of the second largest cocoa producing state, is in line with […]
Oil-rich Rivers State proposes N483bn budget for fiscal 2022
Ben EguzozieDecember 6, 2021
Capex N314.90bn outpaces recurrent N144.76bn GDP growth of 3.5%; inflation 13.5%; N410/$ exchange rate Oil-rich Rivers State plans to spend N483.17 billion in the 2022 fiscal year as Governor Nyesom Wike presented the appropriation bill to the state House of Assembly for consideration. He christened it a budget of consolidation. He said the policy […]
Imo communities gain as ISOPADEC releases N114m for Waltersmith-backed projects
Dikachi ElembaDecember 1, 2021
By Dikachi Elemba, in Owerri In line with the transparency and open door policy of Charles Orie, managing director and chief executive officer of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC), the commission has released N114 million counterpart fund for the electrification of some parts of Ohaji by Watersmith Petroman Limited for the […]
Imo-China provides Uzodinma roadmap to industrialisation, job creation in Imo State
Dikachi ElembaNovember 30, 2021
By Dikachi Elemba, in Owerri ICBC wants N2.2bn set aside for 4-year plan With acute unemployment ravaging Imo State due to the lack of sizeable companies that can help to absorb most of the unemployed graduates and school leavers, a body called Imo-China Business Council (ICBC) has said that for proper development and […]
Big business, regulators join Kano Chamber for international trade fair
Adeola AjakaiyeNovember 29, 2021
By Adeola Ajakaiye, in Kano To brands: Dangote, BUA, Ammasco Regulators: CBN, NDIC, FAAN, NCC Financiers: BoI, Jaiz Bank The annual international trade fair, organised by the Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (KACCIMA), opened at the weekend, in the commercial city of Kano. This year’s trade exhibition, the 42nd edition, […]
Elechi, PHCCIMA new president, assures progressive, inclusive leadership
Ben EguzozieNovember 19, 2021
Mike Elechi, commercial farmer, agriculturist, and industrialist who recently emerged as the new president of the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, Agriculture and Technology (PHCCIMA), after taking over from Nabil Ahmed Saleh during PHCCIMA’s 2021 elective annual general meeting held at the PHCCIMA council hall in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has assured of […]
Kano plans upgrade of cattle production, milk delivery centres
Adeola AjakaiyeNovember 18, 2021
By Adeola Ajakaiye, in Kano Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), an initiative being financed in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank, has concluded plans to renovate and upgrade Falgore Cattle market situated in Doguwa Local Government Area, and four other such markets across the state. Work to be conducted in the markets […]
Akwa Ibom woos German investors, positions $3bn free trade zone as bait
Ben EguzozieNovember 15, 2021
Akwa Ibom, a littoral oil-rich state, which also picks the biggest federal revenue allocation, is positioning its incoming $3 billion free trade zone as a bait to woo German investors, the target being to secure sizable foreign direct investment (FDI) from Europe’s biggest economy. A recent survey indicated that the South-South region, despite being […]