President Bola Tinubu is set to inaugurate Agro Processing Zone and the Minna Airport both in Niger State on Monday.
This was made known by Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, in Minna, the capital of Niger State, during a ceremony where he was honoured as the Grand Patron of the Niger State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists.
Taking journalists on a tour of the airport and the agro-processing zone, both of which are primed for launch by President Tinubu, the governor revealed that the airport stands at an impressive 99 percent completion rate, with only minor clean-up operations remaining.
He stated that with approximately 1,000 hectares of land available, the state is poised to become a major player in the North Central aero hub.
He said that drip irrigation will be employed for greenhouses within the agro-processing zone, marking what is anticipated to become the largest of such facility on the African continent, according to Daily Post.
While on the tour, he said, “On the other side of the land, there is another 1,000 hectares where we are going to have dairy products.
“The meat and everything leaving here will be moved to the rest of the world. You know Niger State sells an average of half a million cattle to Nigerians and outside Nigeria daily.
“So, I will have to redirect it in a way that you don’t need to transport these cattle at all and in Niger State you can take the meat that is frozen anywhere and it will create employment, create a value chain”
