Yobe Govt. Supports NEPZA With 300 Hectares of Land
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has presented Certificate of Occupancy and Right of Occupancy of a 300 hectares of land to the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Agency (NEPZA) to support its activities in the state.
Presenting the certificates to the Executive Director Trade and Investment of the Agency, Alhaji Usman Bakori, Governor Buni urged NEPZA to use the land effectively and efficiently.
“You should ensure efficient and speedy use of the land to enhance development.
“Government deliberately allocated the land to the agency close to the cargo Airport to stimulate trade and business activities in the state,” Buni said in a statement issued by his media aide, Mohammed Mamman.
He added that the government will continue to support the agency and all other partners to fast track development in the state.
“You have great role to play in promoting export of Agricultural produce including sesame seeds, Gum Arabic, livestock and other crops that are produced in great commercial quantities in the state.
” We look forward to seeing your presence and performance soon in the state” Buni said.
Responding, the Executive Director commended the governor for allocating the land, saying “we deeply appreciate this gesture and wish to assure you that development on the land would soon commence.
“The certificates have equipped us to hasten development on the land” Bakori assured.
