FG REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO NORTH-EAST INCLUSION IN AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PROJECT AMID EXCLUSION CLAIMS. (PHOTO).

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 FG reaffirms commitment to North-East inclusion in Agro-Industrial Project amid exclusion claims The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has dismissed concerns raised by the North-East Caucus of the National Assembly regarding the alleged exclusion of the region from the Federal Government's flagship agricultural initiative the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) program. The minister of agriculture and food security Sen. Abubakar Kyari made the clarification over the weekend while briefing the media. He noted that the North-East is not only included in the SAPZ program, but that several states from the region have already met the eligibility criteria for the second phase of the project. The response comes on the heels of public criticisms sparked by the recent groundbreaking ceremonies in Kaduna and Cross River states. Setting the Record Straight The Ministry emphasized that the SAPZ program, initially launched in 2022 following a conceptual design proces...

THE SENATE IS WORKING TO REPOSITION THE TRANSPORT SECTOR-SARAKI.

Image may contain: 1 person, sitting            Senate President,Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki,has said that the Senate is presently working on critical legislation to reposition the nation's transportation sector.
Saraki disclosed this when the National Executive Committee of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria {RTEAN},led by its National President,Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq visited him in Abuja.The Senate President who was decorated as the Grand Patron of the association by Sadiq,during the visit,according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary,Sanni Onogu,stated that the National Assembly,under his leadership,will spare no effort to ensure that the transport sector is working effectively.
Saraki said: ''In the Senate already,our main focus is to see how we can encourage more private sector participation in the transport sector and that is why we have about six different bills in the transportation sector.They include the Transport Commission Bill,Federal Roads Authority Bill,All these are meant to improve the Transport sector and help businesses in the country,'' he said.He said that the National Assembly will continue to encourage entrepreneurs to manufacture cars locally at affordable prices.''We still believe that we can provide the enabling environment that will make the price of new vehicles almost the same as some of the second hand cars that are being imported to check the idea where vehicles that have been condemned in other parts of the world are brought here,he said.
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